I was asked to play Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt in an arrangement. My part consisted of the right hand of the piano only. The structure of this seemingly very famous composition turned out to be very clear. I couldn’t help myself making a challenge of writing it down with the minimum of bars. This is the result.
Page 1 = A. Page 2=B. Top line is played by the violin. Play A1, B1, A2, B2 etc. Read uneven numbers from right to left. Even numbers from left to right. The complete score ↗︎ is available at the Arvo Pärt Centre.
“Everything redundant must be left aside. Just like the composer has to reduce his ego when writing the music, the musician too must put his ego aside when performing the piece.”
Arvo Pärt