United Music Publishers Job (Suite In 8 Movements) - Eben - Solo Organ

Composer: Petr Eben
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Book

"After the organ cycle Faust, I felt impelled to revert to the same theme, the wager between Satan and God on the fate of a human being, this time an Old Testament subject. Faust relied on his own human strength and failed; Job humbly accepted his misfortune and triumphed.

The Book of Job interested me for three reasons: firstly, because of the social and theological revolution it represented in its time; until then, every poor, sick or unfortunate being was regarded as forsaken and punished by God. Secondly, I was deeply impressed by the dramatic depth of this book which gives men, once and for all, the key to overcome a trial of faith. Finally, I find this book extremely topical. It answers one of the most difficult questions on life asked to this day: why do good people suffer misfortunes? The Book not only demonstrated the unimportance of personal sorrow in relation to world events, but it reveals God, who does not ask Job to approve his sufferings, but just to accept them, and, standing beside the unfortunate, He suffers and carries the pain with Him, helping Job to overcome it."
- Petr Eben

Duration: 45'