Advent Antiphons 3: Pärt – O Radix Jesse

The third of the great O antiphons for Advent:

• 17 December: O Sapientia (O Wisdom)
• 18 December: O Adonai
• 19 December: O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse)
• 20 December: O Clavis David (O Key of David)
• 21 December: O Oriens (O Dawn of the East)
• 22 December: O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations)
• 23 December: O Emmanuel

Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt’s music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant.