Opus 33 Music - Scores by Alexander Comitas

ET BENEDIXIT ILLIS, Op. 43
for mixed chorus, chamber organ and string orchestra, 2002, duration: 7 min.

Text taken from Genesis 2 and 1

Commissioned by C.J. Speelman, for the marriage of Evelien Speelman and Arjan Braam, October 25, 2002

Dedicated to Evelien Speelman and Arjan Braam

First performance: 25 October 2002, Nicolai Church, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Chamber Choir and Ensemble conducted by Harold Lenselink

The biblical story of the creation of Eve from Adam's rib set to music. The final line 'Et benedixit illis Deus' (And God blessed them) is given special emphasis, thus giving the piece the character of a little wedding cantata.