Ruzanna Nahapetjan – “Hov Arek” (Come, breeze) - Komitas Vardapet

Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935) - composer
Ruzanna Nahapetjan - soprano
Roderigo Robles de Medina - piano

The Armenian composer Komitas Vardapet was a contemporary and friend of composers like Vincent D’Indy, Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saëns and Claude Debussy who fell in love with Komitas’ creative work. In 1906 after a concert with work by Komitas he exclaimed excitedly ‘Brilliant, Father Komitas! I bow before your musical genius!’
Komitas was an important keeper of the Armenian classic folk music traditions. He inventoried, documented, remaked and improved thousands of Armenian songs, from folk songs to spiritual work, by using the expressive means of contemporary professional musical art. This way he laid the foundation for the preservation of Armenian music culture. Hov Arek is a lyrical song in which a young man implores the mountains to send a breeze to rid him of his woes. It is a deeply moving song in which the delicate melodic line encompasses a wide range of expression. Hov Arek means ‘come, breeze’.

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Видео Ruzanna Nahapetjan – “Hov Arek” (Come, breeze) - Komitas Vardapet канала Ruzanna Nahapetjan