E88- Arvo Part: Out Of Silence

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In this episode, Elizabeth Howard is in conversation with Peter Bouteneff, author of Arvo Pärt: Out of Silence, who is a professor of theology at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, a conservatory-trained musician, and co-director of the Arvo Pärt Project.

Arvo Pärt has been hailed as a master of musical silence. Consistently ranked among the world’s most performed living classical composers, he celebrates his 90th birthday this year. In today’s distraction-filled environment—seething with anger, noise, harsh words, and violence—might studying and listening to Pärt’s compositions help coax calm and quiet into our lives?

The Short Fuse Podcast hosted by ELIZABETH HOWARD, are conversations with artists, writers, musicians, and others who have a lens on contemporary thought and stir us to seek change. Through their art, music, performances, and singular vision they lead us through the social and environmental transformations sweeping across the globe. GERALD KENT, a musician and audio engineer based in Cape Town, South Africa, is the producer of the Short Fuse..

“Artists are here to disturb the peace.” James Baldwin.

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