Armand Amar - Leylâ et Majnûn ou L'Amour mystique

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Oratorio mundi by Armand Amar. Artistic collaboration: John Boswell, Libretto: Leili Anvar. Kindly recorded in April 2014 by France Musique at the Salle Pleyel, Paris. *** Dear COPYRIGHT HOLDER, if you have any problems with this being on YouTube, please contact me, and I will remove it immediately. Thank you! ARMAND AMAR: http://www.armandamar.com/ THE STORY: Layla and Majnun (English: Possessed by madness for Layla; Persian: لیلی و مجنون عامری‎ (Leyli o Majnun); Arabic: مجنون لیلی‎ (Majnun Layla)) is a love story that originated as a short, anecdotal poem in ancient India, later significantly expanded and popularized in a literary adaptation by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi who also wrote Khosrow and Shirin. It is the third of his five long narrative poems, Khamsa (the Quintet). THE STORY: Majnun fell in love with Layla. He soon began composing poems about his love for her, mentioning her name often. His unself-conscious efforts to woo the girl caused some locals to call him Majnun (madman). When he asked for her hand in marriage, her father refused as it would be a scandal for Layla to marry someone considered mentally unbalanced. Soon after, Layla was married to another man. When Majnun heard of her marriage, he fled the tribe camp and began wandering the surrounding desert. His family eventually gave up hope for his return and left food for him in the wilderness. He could sometimes be seen reciting poetry to himself or writing in the sand with a stick. Layla is generally depicted as having moved to a place in Northern Arabia with her husband, where she became ill and eventually died. In some versions, Layla dies of heartbreak from not being able to see her would-be lover. Majnun was later found dead in the wilderness in 688 AD, near Layla’s grave. He had carved three verses of poetry on a rock near the grave, which are the last three verses attributed to him. "I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla And kiss this wall and that wall. It’s not love of the houses that has taken my heart but of the One who dwells in those houses." NARRATOR: Nacer Khemir CONDUCTOR: Didier Benetti SINGERS: Gombodorj Byambajargal Enkhajargal Dandarvaanchig "Epi" Salar Aghili Ariana Vafadari Raza Hussain Khan Marianne Svasek Naziha Meftah Annas Habib Bruno Le Levreur ORCHESTRA: Levon Minassian: Doudouk Henri Tournier: Flutes Haroun Teboul: Ney Driss El Maloumi: Oud Jasser Haj Youssef: Viola d'amore Jean Bollinger: Trumpet Laurent Clouet: Clarinet John Boswell: Percussions Joël Grare: Percussions Maël Guezel: Percussions Nicolas Lamothe: Percussions Shanghai Percussion Ensemble Julien Carton: Piano Alban Sautour: Piano Sarah Nemtanu: Violin Marie-Anne Le Bars Pichard: Violin Young-Eun Koo: Violin Samuel Nemtanu: Violin Jacques Gandard: Violin Guillaume Barli: Violin Agnès Domergue: Alto Julien Gaben: Alto David Vainsot: Alto Gregoire Korniluk: Cello Jérôme Lefranc: Cello Philippe Noharet: Double bass ORCHESTRATION: Anne Sophie Versnaeyen