| Author | Arvo Pärt |
| Genre | Music, Composition & Creative Writing, Religion, Christianity |
| Original Language | French |
| Written | 2004 |
| First published | 2004 |
| Links | Publisher's site (first version) · Publisher's site (second version) |
| Notes | "L'abbé Agathon" is a work for vioce and strings by Arvo Pärt. The original version is scored for soprano and 8 violoncellos and was commissioned by L'Octuor de Violoncelles de Beauvais who first performed it together with Barbara Hendricks during Recontres d'Ensembles de Violoncelles de Beauvais on 5 May 2004.
On 10 July 2005 Berit Barfred-Jensen and the Camerata Salzburg premiered a second version for 4 violas and 4 violoncellos during the Carinthian Summer, with Erwin Ortner conducting.
Both scores were published by Universal Edition. |
