L’abbé Agathon (Arvo Pärt)
AOP Plays Arvo Pärt is a 60 minute concert featuring selected works by composer Arvo Pärt, part of Bang On a Can’s Long Play Festival. Featuring String Orchestra of Brooklyn, GHOSTLIGHT CHORUS and Soprano Sarah Moulton Faux.
May 3, 2025 – 1:00 PM PROGRAM
THE ABBOT AGATHON, AOP-commissioned English language version performed by String Orchestra of Brooklyn under the directon of Eli Spindel, and Sarah Moulton Faux. English singing translation by Cori Ellison.
O-ANTIPHONEN, String Orchestra of Brooklyn.
SIEBEN MAGNIFICAT-ANTIPHONEN, Ghostlight Chorus under direction of Dr. Evelyn DeGraf.
The English language translation of THE ABBOT AGATHON premiered in January 2008 as part of the Works & Process program at the Guggenheim Museum with a film installation by French visual artist Sophie Calle.
Bang on a Can presents the 4th year of Long Play, a three-day destination music festival, presented from Friday, May 2 through Sunday, May 4, 2025. The NY Times called Long Play “the most important classical music festival in New York City.” Featuring 50+ concerts, Long Play also showcases a dense network of inventive music venues in Brooklyn – with performances at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), BRIC, the Church of St Luke and St Matthew, Fort Greene Park, ISSUE Project Room, Pioneer Works, Public Records, Roulette, South Oxford Space, and The Space at Irondale.
AOP joins Long Play again in 2025 after participating in 2024, with a concert celebrating the 90th birthday of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The festival also celebrates the 90th of Terry Riley with guitar legend Pete Townshend performing the original ‘free fall solo version’ of his signature tribute Baba O’Riley, the Bang on a Can All-Stars premiering a new version of Riley’s iconic and inspirational A Rainbow in Curved Air, arranged by Gyan Riley, plus Riley’s minimalist classic In C performed by an All-Star cast including Pete Townshend and special guests.
AOP’s programs are made possible in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, The National Endowment of the Arts Grants for Arts Projects, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., the Amphion Foundation, BMI, and the contributions of many individuals.
