List of compositions by Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 2008

This is an incomplete list of works by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.

## Compositions

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### Vocal and choral works

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* Our Garden for children's chorus and orchestra (1959/2003)
* Solfeggio for chorus (1964/1996)
* Credo for chorus, orchestra, and piano solo (1968)
* An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten for voices or choir and organ or ensemble (1976/1984)[1]
* Missa syllabica for chorus and organ (1977/1996)
* Summa for chorus (1977)
* Sarah Was Ninety Years Old for three voices, percussion and organ (1977/1990)
* De profundis for men's voices, percussion (ad lib.) and organ (1980)
* Passio for soloists, vocal ensemble, choir and instrumental ensemble (1982)
* Es sang vor langen Jahren for alto, violin and viola (1984)
* Wallfahrtslied for tenor or baritone and string quartet or string orchestra (1984/2000)
* Te Deum for chorus, string orchestra and tape (1984–1985/1992)
* Stabat Mater for 3 voices and string trio (1985)
* Magnificat for chorus (1989)
* Miserere for soloists, choir, ensemble and organ (1989/1992)
* Bogoróditse Djévo (rus. Богородице Дево) for chorus (1990)
* The Beatitudes (1990)
* Berliner Messe for SATB soloists or chorus with organ or string orchestra (1990/1992)
* 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen for chorus (1991)
* And One of the Pharisees for three voices (1992)
* Litany for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1994)
* Cantate Domino canticum novum for chorus or soloists and organ (1996)
* Dopo la Vittoria for chorus (1996)
* I Am the True Vine for chorus (1996)
* The Woman with the Alabaster Box for chorus (1997)
* Tribute to Caesar for chorus (1997)
* Kanon Pokajanen for chorus (1997)
* 2 Slawische Psalmen for chorus or soloists (1997)
* Triodion for chorus (1998)
* Como cierva sedienta for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1998)
* Cantiques des degrés for chorus and orchestra (1999/2002)
* Cecilia, vergine romana for chorus and orchestra (1999/2002)
* My Heart is in the Highlands for countertenor and organ (2000)
* Which Was the Son of... (2000)
* Littlemore Tractus for chorus and organ (2001)
* Nunc Dimittis for chorus (2001)
* Salve Regina for chorus and organ (2001)
* Zwei Wiegenlieder for two women's voices and piano (2002)
* Peace upon you, Jerusalem for female chorus (2002)
* Most Holy Mother of God for four voices (2003)
* In Principio for chorus and orchestra (2003)
* Da pacem Domine for four voices (2004)
* L'Abbé Agathon for soprano, four violas and four celli (2004/2005)
* Anthem of St John the Baptist written for St John's College, Oxford (2005)
* Von Angesicht zu Angesicht for soprano, baritone, clarinet, viola and double bass (2005)
* Estonian Lullaby for female choir or 2 female voices and string orchestra (2006)
* Rozhdestvenskaya kolybel'naya / Christmas Lullaby for female choir or voice and string orchestra (2006) for soprano, 4 violas and 4 violoncellos (2009)
* Veni creator for mixed choir or SATB soloists and organ (2006), for mixed choir and string orchestra (2009)
* Morning Star for mixed choir (2007)
* Sei gelobt, du Baum for baritone, violin, quinterne and double bass (2007)
* The Deer's Cry written for chorus for Louth Contemporary Music Society, Ireland (2008)
* Alleluia-Tropus for mixed vocal ensemble or chamber choir and 8 violoncellos ad lib. (2008), for mixed choir and string orchestra (2010)
* Adam's Lament for mixed choir and string orchestra (2009)
* Vater unser (Our Father) for boy soprano or countertenor or children's choir, version with piano (2011) version with string orchestra or string quintet (2013)
* Beatus Petronius for 2 mixed choirs, woodwind octet, tubular bells and string orchestra (2011)
* Statuit ei Dominus for 2 mixed choirs, woodwind octet and string orchestra (2011)
* Habitare fratres in unum for mixed choir or vocal ensemble (2012)
* Virgencita (Virgin of Guadalupe) (2012)
* My Heart's in the Highlands for countertenor or alto, violin, viola, cello and piano (2013)
* Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fátima for mixed choir (2014)
* Songs from Childhood for children's choir and ensemble or piano (2015): Firefly's Song, Frogs, I Am Already Big, Ladybird's Song, Let the Snow Swish, Road to School, Santa Claus, Sleeping Beauty, Summer Waltz, The Book, The Doll Has No Name, The Little Motor-Scooter, The Song of Atom-Boy, Where Are You, Father Christmas?
* Kleine Litanei for mixed choir (2015)
* And I heard a voice... for mixed choir a cappella (2018)
* Prayer from "Kanon pokajanen" for mixed choir and string orchestra (2018)
* Our Garden for children's choir and ensemble (2019)
* Für Jan van Eyck for choir and organ (2020)

### Orchestral works

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* Nekrolog for orchestra Op. 5 (1960)
* Symphony No. 1: Polyphonic Op. 9 (1963)
* Perpetuum mobile for orchestra Op. 10 (1963)
* Symphony No. 2 for orchestra (1966)
* Symphony No. 3 for orchestra (1971)
* Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte ... for piano, wind quintet, string orchestra and percussion (1976)
* Fratres for chamber ensemble (1977 in original version)
* Arbos for eight brass instruments and percussion (1977/1986/2001)
* Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell (1977)
* Psalom for string orchestra (1985/1995/1997)
* Festina Lente for string orchestra and harp (1988)
* Summa for string orchestra (1991)
* Silouan's Song for string orchestra (1991)
* Trisagion for string orchestra (1992)
* Mein Weg for 14 string players and percussion (1999)
* Orient & Occident for string orchestra (2000)
* Lennartile / Für Lennart for string orchestra (2006)
* La Sindone for orchestra and percussion (2006)
* Symphony No. 4: Los Angeles (2008)
* These Words ... for string orchestra and percussion (2008)
* Silhouette (Hommage à Gustave Eiffel) for orchestra and percussion (2009)
* Swansong (2013)
* Greater Antiphons for string orchestra (2015)

### Works for solo instruments and orchestra

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* Collage sur B-A-C-H, for oboe, string orchestra, harpsichord, and piano (1964). The piece consists of three movements, named after and inspired by traditional Baroque forms:[2]
* Pro et Contra, concerto for cello and orchestra (1966, for Mstislav Rostropovich)
* Tabula Rasa, double concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977)
* Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992)
* Concerto piccolo über B-A-C-H for trumpet, string orchestra, harpsichord and piano (1994)
* Darf ich ... for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999)
* Fratres for guitar and orchestra (2000)
* Lamentate for piano and orchestra (2002)
* Passacaglia for 1-2 violin, string orchestra and vibraphone ad lib. (2003/2007, for Gidon Kremer's 60th birthday)
* In spe for wind quintet and string orchestra (2010)
* Sequentia for violin, percussion and string orchestra (2014)
* La Sindone for violin and orchestra (2019)

### Chamber works

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* Four Easy Dances for piano, "Music for a Children's Theatre": Puss in Boots, Red-Riding-Hood and Wolf, Butterfly, Dance of the Ducklings, for piano (1956/1957)
* Partita, Op. 2 for piano (1958)
* 2 Sonatinen Op. 1, for piano (1958/1959)
* Quintettino Op. 13, for wind quintet (1964)
* Collage über B-A-C-H for oboe and strings (1964)
* Trivium for organ (1976)
* Für Alina for piano (1976)
* Pari intervallo in four parts without fixed instrumentation (1976)
* Version for organ (1980)
* Version for four recorders (1980)
* Version for clarinet, trombone and string orchestra (1995)
* Version for saxophone quartet (2002)
* Version for two pianos or piano duet (2008)
* Version for 8 or 4 celli (2010)
* Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka for piano (1977)
* Fratres (1977–1992)
* Fratres for string quintet or wind quintet (original version)
* Fratres for violin and piano; or cello and piano; or viola and piano
* Fratres for string orchestra and percussion
* Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion
* Fratres for cello/viola/guitar/trombone, string orchestra and percussion
* Fratres for string quartet
* Fratres for four percussionists
* Fratres for 4, 8 or 12 cellos
* Fratres for three recorder players, cello (or viola da gamba) and percussion
* Fratres for wind octet and percussion
* Fratres for chamber ensemble
* Spiegel im Spiegel (1978-2011)
* for violin or viola or cello and piano (1978)
* for clarinet or bass clarinet or horn and piano (2003)
* for double bass and piano (2005)
* for alto flute, oboe or cor anglais and piano (2007)
* for bassoon and piano (2009)
* for organ and piano (2010)
* for baritone saxophone and piano (2011)
* Annum per annum for organ (1980)
* Hymn to a Great City for two pianos (1984/2000)
* Festina lente for string section and harp (1988)
* Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wellentäler for organ (1989)
* Summa (1990-2010)
* for string quartet (1990)
* for recorder quartet (2005)
* for trombone quartet (2008)
* for saxophone quartet (2009)
* for guitar quartet, cello quartet or cello octet (2010)
* for 2 guitars (2011)
* Psalom for string quartet (1991/1993), for 8 celli (2010)
* Mozart-Adagio for violin, cello and piano (1992/1997), for clarinet, cello and piano (2017) from Mozart's Piano Sonata in F major, K. 280
* Passacaglia for violin and piano (2003)
* Für Anna Maria for piano (2006)
* Estländler for flute (2006) or violin (2009)
* Scala cromatica for violin, cello and piano (2007)
* O-Antiphonen for 8 celli (2008)
* Solfeggio for string quartet or saxophone quartet (2008), for 4 or 8 cellos (2010)
* Missa brevis for 12 cellos (2009) or 8 celli (2010)
* Ukuaru Waltz for piano (2010), for accordion (2016) from film score for Ukuaru (1973)
* Da pacem Domine for 4 or 8 celli (2010)
* Kyrie eleison for bells of the Rakvere Church of the Trinity (2010)
* Silouan's Song for 8 celli (2012)
* Nunc Dimittis for 9 saxophones (2016)
* Estonian Lullaby for violin and piano (2019)
* Vater unser for saxophone quartet (2019)

## Selected discography

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* Tabula Rasa (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1984)
* Arbos (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1987)
* Passio (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1988)
* Miserere (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1991)
* Te Deum (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1993)
* Collage (Chandos Records, CD 1993)
* Litany (ECM New Series, CD/LP 1996)
* Beatus (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 1997)
* De Profundis (Harmonia Mundi, CD)
* Kanon Pokajanen (ECM New Series, 2xCD 1998)
* Sanctuary (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 1998)
* I Am The True Vine (Harmonia Mundi, CD 1999)
* Alina (ECM New Series, 1999)
* Orchestral Works (Naxos, CD 2000)
* Te Deum (Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics, CD 2000)
* Orient & Occident (ECM New Series, CD 2002)
* Summa (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 2002)
* Passio (Naxos, CD 2003)
* Triodion (Hyperion, CD 2003)
* Pro & Contra (Virgin Classics/EMI, CD 2004)
* Summa (Naxos, CD 2004)
* Arvo Pärt: A Portrait (Naxos, Compilation CD 2005)
* Lamentate (ECM New Series, 2005)
* Da Pacem (Harmonia Mundi, CD 2006)
* Triodion • Ode VII • I Am The True Vine • Dopo La Vittoria (Naxos, CD 2006)
* Pilgrim's Song (Estonian Record Productions, CD 2009)
* In Principio (ECM New Series, CD 2009)
* Symphony No. 4 (ECM, New Series CD 2010)
* Cantique (Sony Classical Records, SACD 2010)
* Vater unser (Estonian Record Productions, CD 2011)
* Adam's Lament (ECM New Series 2012)
* The Symphonies (ECM New Series 2018)
* Tractus (ECM New Series 2023)

## References

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1. ^ Fields, Colin (September 23, 2015). "By the Rivers of Babylon: A Lamentation for Refugees". Plough. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
2. ^ Anderson, Don. "Arvo Part: Collage sur B-A-C-H". Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

## External links

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* Arvo Pärt biography and work list on the Universal Edition website

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Arvo Pärt

List of compositions

Vocal and Choral|

* Summa
* De profundis (1980)
* Te Deum (1984)
* Stabat Mater (1985)
* Passio (1989)
* Magnificat (1989)
* Berliner Messe (1990)
* Kanon Pokajanen (1997)
* Cecilia, vergine romana (2000)
* Nunc dimittis (2001)
* Salve Regina (2001)
* Da pacem Domine (2004)
* The Deer's Cry (2007)
* Adam's Lament (2009)

Orchestral|

* Symphony No. 1 (Polyphonic)
* Symphony No. 2
* Symphony No. 3
* Fratres
* Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
* Symphony No. 4 (Los Angeles)
* Tabula Rasa
* Festina lente
* Lamentate

Instrumental|

* Für Alina (piano)
* Spiegel im Spiegel (violin & piano)
* Pari intervallo (unspecified instrumentation)

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* Tintinnabuli
* Holy minimalism
* Reich Richter Pärt

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