Akathist Hymn: Syrian Tradition

Syrian Tradition
 
Maximos Fahmé
Les Solistes de la Musique Byzantine,
Frédéric Tavernier-Vellas
 
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The Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God, one of the most famous in the Christian liturgy, was composed in 626 in Byzantium, capital of the Eastern Empire, under siege at the time by the Persians. The people, standing on the ramparts, sang  this song of praise to the Virgin throughout the night, and the city was miraculously delivered.
 
1 & 2 - Tropaire  du samedi 2’39 & 1’57
3 - Hirmos de l’Ode 1 2’19
4 - Hirmos de l’Ode 3 2’20
5 - Hirmos de l’Ode 4 2’10
6 - Hirmos de l’Ode 5 2'07
7 - Hirmos de l’Ode 6 1’35
8 - Hirmos de l’Ode 7 2’06
9 - Hirmos de l’Ode 8 2’19
10 - Hirmos de l’Ode 9 2’26
11 - Strophe 1 4’46
12 - Strophe 2 1’33
13 & 14 - Tropaire à la Vierge 2’27 & 2’16
 
L ’ Annonciation
15 & 16 - Tropaire 1’25 & 1’11
17 & 18 - Kondakion 2’22 & 2’09
19 & 20 - Exapostilarion 2’18 & 1’50
 
La Nativité de la Vierge
21 - Hirmos Nativité de la Vierge 1’44
 
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