Arvo Pärt at 90 - late night prom.
I settle into bed having got all my things and clothes ready for Friday at the office. After last week's nightmarish Boulez and Bario, I am unsure what to expect. But tonight is completely different. The music is gentle and choral-focused - much more appropriate for bedtime in my opinion! It's the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir tonight. My only prior encounter with Estonian music is when I voted for them in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
As well as celebrations of Arvo Pärt, we are treated to a bit of Bach (never a bad thing in my view).
I settle down for the last piece, though it's arguably the most unsettling of the programme. Primeval chants, the likes of which would be led by Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man, prevail. It's understandable when I find out the theme of the piece is to highlight the atrocities of war.
The Lord's Prayer finishes the show, and I turn out the light.
