Armand Amar - Leylâ et Majnûn ou L'Amour mystique

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 UA-cam, please contact me, and I will remove it immediately. Thank you!
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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