Organ and speakers
SKU: HL.49017441
Composed by Petr Eben.
This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. PANTON.
Composed 1981. 124 pages.
Schott Music #P5040.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49017441).
9.0x12.0x0.376
inches.
This
composition evolved from
an improvisation played
by Petr Eben himself on
numerous concert tours
across Europe. Now the
printed version long
awaited by many organists
has been published. The
fourteen pieces are based
on themes taken from the
book by the same name by
the humanist philosopher,
educational theorist and
theologist Johann Amos
Comenius (1592-1670).
Eben writes about the
piece: 'The pilgrim who
wanders through the
labyrinth of the world
finds nothing here to
delight him and turns his
heart towards God. What
touches me most about
Comenius' view is his
tireless striving to make
the world a better place.
The whole atmosphere of
the text is not that of
an idyllic stroll through
the world, but of a
satirical, bizarre and
sometimes even
apocalyptic vision.'.