Arvo Pärt 90 - Erki Pehk | Eesti Sinfonietta / LISZT ÜNNEP 2025

Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa – for two violins, prepared piano and string orchestra
Arvo Pärt: Fratres – arranged for percussion quartet by Vambola Krigul 
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten – for string orchestra and a bell
Riho Esko Maimets: Soliloquy – for percussion, piano and strings –  Hungarian premiere
Arvo Pärt: Salve Regina – for choir, celesta and string orchestra
Liszt: Salve Regina
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel – for violoncello and piano
Arvo Pärt: Silhouette (Hommage à Gustave Eiffel) – for string orchestra and percussion

Featuring: Peeter Margus, Lisanne Altrov-Margus – violin, Andreas Lend – violoncello, Maila Laidna – piano, Estonian Percussion Group, Estonian Sinfonietta, New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Choir (choirmaster: Péter Mészáros)

Conductor: Erki Pehk

Arvo Pärt, one of today’s most popular composers, celebrates his 90th birthday in September 2025. The programme of the Budapest concert of his works includes such emblematic pieces as Spiegel im Spiegel, Tabula rasa, and Salve Regina, which was rearranged for choir, string orchestra and celesta in 2011. Silhouette, which was inspired by the structure of the Eiffel Tower and its creator’s distinctive way of thinking, occupies a special place in the oeuvre. And the concert, not to be missed by those who love Arvo Pärt, has yet another special treat in store: the new work by Estonian composer Riho Esko Maimets (1988), who attempts, in the manner of his older colleague’s artistic conviction, to respond to the world around us with answers that are intimate, honest and unvarnished. ‘Like in many of my recent works, I attempt to grapple with pain and sorrow,’ he said.