Watch: In memoriam…. by the Orchestre de Paris chorus
mainThe work is Da pacem Domine, by Arvo Pärt.
The conductor is Lionel Sow.
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A very moving work. In the score, instead of the usual sequential rehearsal letters (A, B, C, D, etc.) the rehearsal letters are A, M, E, and N. (There are also versions for string quartet and string orchestra.)