May 28, 2007
Late-Night Musical Nourishment
If any of you happen to be unacquainted with Arvo Pärt, I commend him to you. My personal belief is that anyone can write huge, brooding masses of strings and brass and what have you, but true skill lies in crafting works of barest simplicity — such are his works. So imagine my great delight to discover a tête-à-tête between he and Björk, dating from a decade ago, no less. Why am I just discovering this now?
If not for the compelling and frank discussion of music between two people I hold in the highest esteem, watch it to hear two people with nearly unintelligible accents attempt to have a deep conversation in a language native to neither one. Love.
Filed by Trevor at 1:07 am under The Arts
Wow, what an interesting interview…”In art, everything is possible, but not everything that is made is necessary.”
There’s something interesting about that statement, and I think it’s this: of course you can strip so much of anything down to its very core, but that, too, is not always necessary. I find often that necessity and superfluity can often coexist quite happily. It’s like Beckett and Albee - both are fabulous in their own way. One uses as few words as possible, the other uses as many as possible.