Arvo Pärt – And Then Came the Evening and the Morning
Näytökset
“Arvopaert? Was ist das?”
A West Berliner caught in the street poll of a Pärt documentarian hits the nerve of this portrait on a Estonia’s future national composer.
Director Dorian Supin captures a unique phase in the life of Arvo Pärt in his debut documentary on the artist. Just a few years earlier, the future national icon and his family had been exiled from Soviet Estonia due to the deeply religious nature of his music. Viewers are treated to amusing fragments of the composer’s daily life: a burned family lunch, an orchestra rehearsal strained by the language barrier, and playful exploration of an ’80s Yamaha sound palette.
In contrast to urban work life, the serene material from the composer’s retreat to a North Karelian monastery forms a counterpoint. Time seems to stand still on the mirror-like surface of the lake and among the reeds tickling Supin’s camera. The soul of the documentary lies in Pärt’s musings on life, music, and religion. Beauty, devotion, and serenity touch in a way that transcends the boundaries of faith, and Pärt’s peculiar, mystical worldview invites the viewer to open their ears to the wonder of existence.
Saarlotta Halme



