Fratres (Arvo Pärt)
Vorlage:Infobox musical composition Fratres (Brothers) is a composition by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt exemplifying his tintinnabuli style of composition.[1] It is three-part music, written in 1977, without fixed instrumentation and has been described as a “mesmerising set of variations on a six-bar theme combining frantic activity and sublime stillness that encapsulates Pärt’s observation that ‘the instant and eternity are struggling within us’.”[2]
Structure and versions
Structurally, Fratres consists of a set of eight or nine chord sequences separated by a recurring percussion motif. The sequences themselves follow a pattern, and while the progressing chords explore a rich harmonic space, they appear to have been generated by means of a simple formula.[3]
In film
The composition was used for many films and documentaries. Notable usages include:
- 1987 film Rachel River
- 1996 film Mother Night performed by Tasmin Little (violin) and Martin Roscoe (piano)
- 1997 German film Winter Sleepers
- 1999 eight-part PBS documentary New York: A Documentary Film directed by Ric Burns
- 2005 six-part BBC documentary Auschwitz: The Nazis and the ‘Final Solution’ produced by Laurence Rees, used the composition performed in 1997 by the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Tamás Benedek
- 2006 autobiographical film La Morte Rouge directed by Victor Erice
- 2007 film There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
- 2013 film To the Wonder directed by Terrence Malick
- 2013 film The Place Beyond the Pines directed by Derek Cianfrance
- 2013 film Violette directed by Martin Provost
- 2015 film El Club directed by Pablo Larraín
- 2017 documentary film Mountain directed by Jennifer Peedom
- 2017 film Félicité directed by Alain Gomis
In other compositions
Jazz pianist Aaron Parks incorporated elements of Fratres into his composition "Harvesting Dance," heard on his album Invisible Cinema and on Terence Blanchard's album Flow.[4]
References
External links
- The 1997 release by the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, used in the 2005 BBC documentary Auschwitz: The Nazis and the ‘Final Solution’
- An Official Video of London-based violinist Lana Trotovšek performing the version for violin and piano with pianist Yoko Misumi
- Free recording of Fratres for Cellos by the Columbia University Orchestra.
- A Remixed version for Violin and Piano by Beats Antique of Oakland California
- Mari Silje Samuelsen and The Trondheim Soloists
- [1]
- ↑ Rade Zivanovic: Arvo Part’s Fratres and his Tintinnabuli Technique. 2012, abgerufen am 27. April 2017.
- ↑ Arvo Pärt, Sinfini Music website
- ↑ Linus Åkesson: Fratres. 3. Dezember 2007, abgerufen am 3. Dezember 2007.
- ↑ Frank J. Oteri: Aaron Parks: Make Me Believe A Melody. 2014, abgerufen am 17. Juni 2014.