Arvo Pärt
Silouan's Song
‘My soul yearns after the Lord ...’ (Psalm 130/129) für 8 Violoncelli (1991)
for 8 violoncellos
Duration: 6'
Dedication: to Archimandrite Sophrony and his Brethren
Instrumentation details:
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
3rd violoncello
4th violoncello
5th violoncello
6th violoncello
7th violoncello
8th violoncello
Pärt - Silouan's Song for 8 violoncellos
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Arvo Pärt
Pärt: Silouan's Song
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Orchestration: für 8 Violoncelli
Type: Partitur
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Work introduction
Silouan’s Song was written in 1991 as a composition for string orchestra. The work is based on a text by St. Silouan (1866– 1938), whose theme is the yearning for God. At the suggestion of the Cello Octet Amsterdam, with whom Arvo Pärt has already realised many concert projects, Pärt rewrote the work for 8 cellos.