This work for mixed choir and organ was commissioned by the city of Ghent and premiered in that city in September 2020, with Philippe Herreweghe conducting.
The occasion of the piece was the unveiling of the newly restored The Adoration of a Mystic Lamb, an altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
Agnus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi:
Miserere nobis
Agnus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi:
Miserere nobis
Agnus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi:
Dona nobis pacem
Für Jan van Eyck was written by Arvo Pärt.
Arvo Pärt released Für Jan van Eyck on Tue Sep 22 2020.