Music often expresses what words cannot. But sometimes it is precisely the silence – suspended between notes – that reveals the deepest emotions. It is within this fragile space that Giya Kancheli, the Georgian master of melancholy, and Arvo Pärt, apostle of spiritual simplicity, find their voice.


Kancheli’s Amao Omi – literally ‘senseless war’ – evokes a world adrift, searching for meaning. Fragments of text, detached from their original context, drift like voices from a forgotten time. Abrupt shifts and a masterful use of silence offer a striking reflection on the absurd and tragic nature of human conflict. A musical manifesto in which the deep human longing for connection and understanding resonates in every note.

With Miserere, Pärt invites us into an intimate, almost sacred plea for mercy. His music moves between whisper and storm, tension and release. Each silence carries light, each crescendo a path toward inner elevation. Until all returns to the essential: calm, clarity, peace.

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Giya Kancheli
Amao Omi

Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (arr. Kebyart)

Arvo Pärt
Miserere

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programme notes

Delve into the music with the programma notes by Aurélie Walschaert.

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Arvo Pärt in a nutshell

Not too familiar with his music? No worries—here are the essentials. Read along and discover the man behind the music.

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Who was Giya Kancheli?

A pioneering Georgian composer, whose music combined stillness and beauty with expressive outbursts. Read the article by Guy Rickards in The Guardian.

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text: Miserere

Read the words of Arvo Pärt's Miserere.

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Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is the most performed living composer in the world. Discover more in the short documentary Arvo Pärt: Composing with Silence in Estonia.

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