Hayr Mer - Komitas

Performed by Hayrik Mouradian Children’s Folk Song and Dance Ensemble (directed by Hasmik Harutyunyan and Rudik Haroyan) for Face Music, Switzerland. Soloists, Anush and Lilit Harutyunyan. Levon Tevanyan, tav shvi, Grigor Takushyan, dham duduk. This version was found in the Komitas archives. It is written, in his handwriting, in 1915, in Constantinople, on July 2. Also known as “Children’s Prayer“. This song was written during the time of the Armenian Genocide, when Komitas returned from exile. The song was