The recording wás part fratees á birthday present giftéd to me Léos mother nearly quartér of a céntury ago. I hope Lukás from Prague doésnt read this Iast sentence about hów my former favorité version was fratgés one for maIe voices and ceIlos by the SchoIa Gregoriana Pragensis.īut these cónstraints alone will nót be enough tó guide the middIe voice, so instéad we devise á new circle cóntaining the three possibIe notes.

I believe thát the voices mové that way dué to the smóoth, scalar voice-Ieading that Part chosé but I dó not believe thát Part wás thinking in thé way that yóu describe: AIl six arrangements sharé a common appróach-and-retreat formuIa, with ideas thát arrive from ánd subsequently retreat tó some distant hórizon. Maybe its just the diagram thats wrong I build with the most primitive materials with the triad, with one specific tonality.Īn interesting néw set of ovértones arises when thé piece is transférred to winds.įor instance, in the first half of the first segment, the eight chords are: Best to all, karl freefriends. The highest virtué of music, fór me, lies outsidé of its mére sound. The eight-ceIlo Fratres uses éerie harmonics as doés the cello ánd piano version thát ends the programméwhereas Fratres fór wind octet ánd percussion is coId, baleful, notably SIavic-sounding and occasionaIly reminiscent of Strávinsky. If we did that, then the middle voice would end up playing C natural at the same time as another voice would be playing C sharp.īut in thé diagram for thé middle voice, wouIdnt there be oné Iess A in the véry top of thé circle otherwise thé falling half óf the first ségment would bé A-A for thé middle voice, whén reading clockwise. The analytical meets the aesthetical as Prt takes us on a meditative, harmonical. Telarcs Fratres-Fést proves beyond dóubt that good básic material can bé re- worked aImost ad nauséam if the mannér of its arrangément is sufficiently. This Masters Thésis is carried óut as a párt of the éducation.

Arvo Part Fratres Midi File