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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">This weekend there will be 2 concerts featuring the music of Arvo Pärt, both directed by UW Music Department professor Mark Vuorinen. <br>
<img width="134" height="101" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D122BF.1AFC3810" alt="Arvo Part"> Pärt, the most often performed living composer in the world, celebrated his 80th birthday this fall. The concerts this weekend together celebrate
the living legacy of this deeply spiritual and prolific composer.</span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">On Saturday evening, the Grand Philharmonic Choir presents Pärt’s hypnotic setting of the the St. John Passion,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Passio.
</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The performance takes place at St. John’s Anglican Church, Kitchener at 7:30. At 6:45 Dr. Vuorinen will give a pre-concert talk with musical examples sung by the choir
and soloists to “unpack” this highly symbolic work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">On Sunday evening the University of Waterloo Chamber Choir hosts three guest choirs, The Laurier Singers, and the Grand Philharmonic Chamber and Youth Choirs, in a program including
music of Pärt and others. Each choir will perform on its own and also together. Massed choir music includes John Cage’s Four2, Arvo Pärt’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Da
Pacem Domine</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">and Thomas Tallis’
monumental 40-part motet<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Spem in Alium. </span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">This
concert takes place at First United Church, Waterloo, also at 7:30pm. Admission is $10/$5 seniors & students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The Waterloo Region Record has run a story about the 2 concerts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/6124619-estonia-composer-s-80th-birthday-celebrated-with-a-weekend-of-music/"><span style="color:#96172E">http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/6124619-estonia-composer-s-80th-birthday-celebrated-with-a-weekend-of-music/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">We hope you can join us for one or both of this concerts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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