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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season - Prom 18: Arvo Pärt at 90
Performance Date31 July 2025
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time22:15
Main PerformersKadri Toomoja - organ
ChoirsEstonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
ConductorsTõnu Kaljuste
Set List'Da pacem Domine; Veni creator; Magnificat; The Deer’s Cry; Fu¨r Jan van Eyck', Arvo Pärt,
'Svyatki – ‘Spring is coming’', Galina Grigorjeva,
'All-Night Vigil (Vespers) – ‘Slava v vyshnikh Bogu’; ‘Bogoroditse Devo’', Rachmaninov,
'Motet ‘Ich lasse dich nicht’, BWV 1165', J. S. Bach,
'Peace upon you, Jerusalem; De profundis; Vater unser', Arvo Pärt,
'Curse upon Iron', Tormis
Performance NotesSound and silence, stillness and motion are woven together in the music of Arvo Pa¨rt. Celebrate the 90th birthday of ‘the father of Holy Minimalism’ with a Late-Night Prom from acclaimed Pa¨rt interpreters To~nu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir – named one of the world’s best choirs by BBC Music Magazine.

The programme also includes excerpts from Rachmaninov’s exquisite Vespers and music from Pa¨rt’s fellow Estonian Veljo Tormis and from Ukraine-born, Estonia-resident Galina Grigorjeva.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2025/30),
Programme (RAHE/1/2025/
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work13506BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season72
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