It is as though we are given a problem to solve, a number (ONE, for example), terribly complex when broken up into fractions. Finding a solution is a long process and requires intense concentration; but wisdom resides in reduction. If it is now conceivable that different fractions (epochs, lives) are united by a single solution (ONE), then that ONE is something more than the solution to a single fraction. It is the correct solution to all problems, to all fractions (epochs, lives) – and always has been.
Arvo Pärt, from pg. 65 of Arvo Pärt by Paul Hillier, 1997
The concept of tintinnabuli was born from a deeply rooted desire for an extremely reduced sound world which could not be measured, as it were, in kilometres, or even metres, but only in millimetres. According to my experience, the listener becomes increasingly sensitised in the process once he is drawn into this dimension. By the end the listening attention is utterly focused. At the point after the music has faded away it is particularly remarkable to hear your breath, your heartbeat, the lighting or the air conditioning system, for example.
Nora Pärt, from "An Interview with Arvo Pärt: Sources of Invention" by Geoff Smith, The Musical Times, 1999
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goobs, i fixed my links -- i typed in emilsinclair, instead of emsinclair. if you ask me, emilsinclair should just give you the name, since he doesn't seem to be doing anything with it.
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