Arvo Pärt
Da pacem Domine
Duration: 6'
Choir: SATB
Instrumentation details:
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Pärt - Da pacem Domine for choir (SATB) and string orchestra
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Arvo Pärt
Da pacem Domine
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Orchestration: for mixed choir or soloists (SATB) a cappella
Type: Chorpartitur
Language: Lateinisch
Arvo Pärt
Pärt: Da pacem Domine for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestraOrchestration: for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur
Language: Lateinisch
Arvo Pärt
Pärt: Da pacem Domine (Chor & Streichorch.)Orchestration: für Chor (SATB) und Streichorchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Arvo Pärt wrote the prayer of piece Da pacem Domine to fulfil a commission from Jordi Savall. He began to set this ninth-century Gregorian antiphon two days after the Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004 as his personal tribute to the victims.
Since then Da pacem Domine has been performed every year in Spain to commemorate the victims of this terrorist attack. Even while originally composing this four-voice piece, Pärt made allowances for variable scorings. As a result, it exists in several versions, not only for voice but also entirely for instruments.
Wolfgang Sandner