Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass) 佩尔特．阿尔沃 弥撒曲 总谱 环球版

柏林弥撒是为了在圣灵降临节期间进行礼仪性吟唱，其中包括圣灵降临节特有的'Veni Sancte Spiritus'。缓缓展开的重复刻意避免了戏剧性和图像元素，散发出宁静的庄严和深沉的喜悦感。声乐乐谱几乎没有任何诠释标记。演奏者的任务是体验和传达音乐中丰富的精神可能性。作品虔诚而透明。对于愿意聆听的听众来说，它可以成为一扇通往灵魂的明窗。(理查德-布朗）

作曲家: Paert, Arvo
乐器: for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra
出版社: Universal Edition
原文简介:
The Berlin Mass is intended to be sung liturgically during Pentecost, and includes the Veni Sancte Spiritus specific to that service. The gently unfolding repetition deliberately avoids dramatic and pictorial elements, exuding quiet dignity and a profound sense of joy. The vocal scores have almost no interpretive markings. Dynamics and tempi are left to the performers; it is their task to experience and communicate the rich spiritual possibilities offered in the music. The work is devout and transparent. For the willing listener, it can be a clear window into the soul. (Richard Brown)

The Berlin Mass was given its first performance (by Theatre of Voices) at the Catholic Days in Berlin during May 1990. The occasion was a celebration of Mass, and the music, scored for four singers and organ, had a strictly liturgical function. Pärt subsequently decided to orchestrate the work for strings and chorus, and also made many changes to details of the composition, most substantially to the accompaniment of the Sanctus. (Paul Hillier)

'... diatonic melodies, clearly defined rhythmic patterns, consonant harmonic textures that coalesce into long, arching spans during which time seems to stand still.' (Peter G. Davis, music critic)