Adam's Lament (Pärt)

Adam's Lament (Russian: Адамов плач Adamov plach) is a 2009 choral composition in Church Slavonic by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt on a text by Silouan of Athos (Силуан Афонский).[2] The work is scored for choir and orchestra, and is a setting of the words of Saint Silouan.[3] Pärt has been reported to say that the fallen Adam of the work represents "humankind in its entirety and each individual person alike".[4]

Adam's Lament
by Arvo Pärt
Textby Silouan of Athos
LanguageChurch Slavonic[1]
Composed2009 (2009)
ScoringSATB choir and orchestra

Text

The poem by Silouan begins:

"Адам, отец вселенной, в Раю знал сладость любвьи Божией,
И потому, когда был изгнан из Рая за грех и лишился любвьи Божией,
Горько страдал и с великим стоном рыдал на всю пустыню."
"Adam, otets vselennoy, v rayu znal sladost' lyubvi Bozhiyey, i potomu, kogda byl izgnan iz raya za grekh i lishilsya lyubvi Bozhiyey, gor'ko stradal i s velikim stonom rydal na vsyu pustynyu."[5]
"Adam, father of all mankind, in paradise knew the sweetness of the love of God ; and so when for his sin he was driven forth from the garden of Eden, and was widowed of the love of God, he suffered grievously and lamented with a mighty moan. And the whole desert rang with his lamentations." (Translated by Rosemary Edmonds.)[6]

References
  1. At Heart of Arvo Pärt’s Works, Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The New York Times, 16 May 2014.
  2. Cunningham, Harriet (8 April 2013). "Simple merges with complex in right hands". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim (26 October 2012). "Arvo Pärt: "Adam's Lament" and other Choral Works". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. Fiona Maddocks (28 October 2012). "Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament – review". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  5. "Силуан Афонский. Адамов плач - Зачатьевский ставропигиальный женский монастырь". Zachatevmon.ru. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  6. "Adam's Lament" (PDF). Svots.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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