Link to the Show / Show NotesOn September 11, 2005 the great Estonian composer Arvo P?rt turned 70. This documentary looks at his musical journey: the youthful years in Estonia, years of struggle with the repressive forces of Soviet cultural policy, emigration to the West, and finally, finding his mature voice in pieces such as Passio and Spiegel im Spiegel. In P?rt?s life, musical, spiritual and religious threads that may have started out unconnected weave together into one connected tapestry giving his music an almost mystical quality.

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