“O Adonai” comes from Arvo Pärt’s ‘Seven Magnificat Antiphons’, a cycle where time seems to slow down and every sound feels intentional. Here, performed by the men of the Holst Singers under Stephen Layton, the music unfolds with that unmistakable Pärt clarity: spare lines, deep stillness, and a sense of weight carried by silence as much as by sound. Pärt’s genius lives in this balance. He strips music back to its essence and somehow makes it feel even more profound. This is Advent music at its