Abraxas
Chris Lastovicka
About this work: The ancient Gnostic god Abraxas is found in Hermann Hesse's
Demian, a novel probing the concept of self-knowledge. A bird, as soul, fights its way out of its shell and flies to Abraxas; the soul must first destroy a world in order to be born.
Demian was written as Hesse underwent psychoanalysis with Carl Jung, who in his
Seven Sermons to the Dead describes Abraxas as a god of both light and dark, good and evil.
Published by Ahari Press (ASCAP)
Year composed: 1991
Duration: 00:12:31
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 6-9 players
Instrumentation: 1 Horn in F, 1 Piano, 2 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello