Arvo Pärt
L'abbé Agathon
Duration: 15'
Übersetzer: Ellison Cori
Solos:
soprano
Instrumentation details:
1st viola
2nd viola
3rd viola
4th viola
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
3rd violoncello
4th violoncello
Pärt - L'abbé Agathon for soprano, 4 violas and 4 violoncellos
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Arvo Pärt
Pärt: L' abbé Agathon for soprano, 4 violas and 4 cellosOrchestration: for soprano, 4 violas and 4 cellos
Type: Studienpartitur
Language: Englisch | Französisch
Arvo Pärt
Pärt: L'abbé Agathon (S,4Va,4Vc)Orchestration: für Sopran, 4 Violen und 4 Violoncelli
Type: Klavierauszug (Sonderanfertigung)
Language: Englisch | Französisch
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Arvo Pärt
Pärt: L'abbé Agathon (S,4Va,4Vc)Orchestration: für Sopran, 4 Violen und 4 Violoncelli
Type: Dirigierpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
Language: Englisch | Französisch
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Arvo Pärt came across a legend concerning the patriarch Agathon, from the 4th century, in a book containing stories of The Desert Fathers. They take us back to the cradle of Christian monasticism, in the Egyptian desert, the narrative telling of the meeting between the hermit Agathon and the leper. Agathon is tested several times by the leper. Not until after he has passed these tests does the leper reveal himself as an angel sent by God, and blesses Agathon.