Click on the "start" arrow on the first player immediately below to active the musical introduction.  It lasts for about four and a half minutes.   Then click on the text link to open the essay, which is on a PDF file.   If desired, you can click to the essay sooner, but the music will stop in mid-stream.

After reading the text, use your browser's "go back" arrow to return to this page and click on the "start" arrow on the second player below to listen to the postlude.

Siri im Sasani, performed by the Haissmavourk Choir of Holy Echmiadzin Cathedral (Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church) in Yerevan, Armenia.

Hayrapetakan Maghtan, performed by the Haissmavourk Choir of Holy Echmiadzin Cathedral (Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church) in Yerevan, Armenia.