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1988 musical composition by Arvo Pärt

Festina lente (Latin for "make haste slowly") is a 1986 composition by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. It is scored for string orchestra and harp. It uses layering to explore the musical ideas, by allowing the violas to take the melody, the violins to take it at double the speed and the basses to take the melody at half time.

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List of compositions
Vocal and Choral	Summa De profundis (1980) Te Deum (1984) Stabat Mater (1985) Passio (1989) Magnificat (1989) Berliner Messe (1990) Kanon Pokajanen (1997) Cecilia, vergine romana (2000) Nunc dimittis (2001) Salve Regina (2001) Da pacem Domine (2004) The Deer's Cry (2007) Adam's Lament (2009)
Orchestral	Symphony No. 1 (Polyphonic) Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Fratres Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Symphony No. 4 (Los Angeles) Tabula Rasa Festina lente Lamentate
Instrumental	Für Alina (piano) Spiegel im Spiegel (violin & piano) Pari intervallo (unspecified instrumentation)
Related	Tintinnabuli Holy minimalism Reich Richter Pärt
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