PAX CHRISTI
An Andean Prelude
dedicated to
His Holiness
Pope Leo XIV

An die Friede ! Pax Christi! Mir ! Dona Nobis Pacem !

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In honorem Papa Leo XIV - May the love of God and of one another lead us towards peace and reconciliation... and may the Lord's glorious light lead the way of our heart, soul and spirit - as the reigning triumphant sun above the mountains of the Andes, of Kashmir, of Mount Moriah, of The Ural, of Mount McKinley ! - along His divinely ordained path of conversion, forgiveness, charity, reparation and penance.

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Music written on the letter-notes of the new Pope's name, his ancient civil name, the name of his Peruvian diocese, and on the word Peace in several languages (latin, greek, Russian ,etc..)

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God reminds us through this election and through the new Pope's words that only Love and Generosity can heal us - to be able walk on the path of Peace and Reconciliation...

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Two traditional Inca flutes are intertwining the main melodies above the orchestra, as a gentle and humble echo of the Peruvian shepherd songs, sounding with hope and tears through the Altiplano...

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Dona Nobis Pacem

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Dimitri Arnauts, composer

Brussels- Belgium

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