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Neeme Järvi in Vatican with the work by Pärt

On October 1 at 6 pm, concert of music by Haydn, Pärt and Mozart under the conducting of Neeme Järvi will take place in Vatican Paul VI Audience Hall. Arvo Pärt’s Cecilia, vergine romana (2000/2002) will be performed by choir and orchestra of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, who also gave a premiere of this work in Rome in 2000. Järvi conducted this piece recently in Tallinn, at the seoson opening concert of Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. In addition, concert program includes also Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 Surprise and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with piano soloist Andrea Lucchesini. Concert will take place in honous of the Holy Father Benedict XVI and could be listened live from Radio Vaticana.


Mariliis Valkonen 

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