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CONCERT SCHEDULE, 2008-2009

DECEMBER 10 and 14, 2008
Traditional Russian and Ukrainian Holiday Music

MARCH 2009
Parallels and Crossings III
A variety of compositions on the theme of "Song of Songs" will compare settings from the "Song of Solomon" by various composers, from Palestrina to contemporary composers. This program will also include newly commissioned works by Siberian composers inspired by Eastern philosophy.

MAY-JUNE 2009
Festival of Russian Folk Music

PAST CONCERTS

JUNE 12, 2008
Stars of the Kirov in Celebration of Russia Day
Carnegie Hall

Music by:
Tchaikovski, Glinka, Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Leoncavallo, Rachmaninoff, Mascagni, Taneyev

Artists:
Vladimir Galouzine, Tenor
Elena Obraztsova, Mezzo-Soprano
Metodie Bujhor, Bass
Nataliya Timchenko, Soprano
The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York

JUNE 1 and 5, 2008
Sunset, Night, Sunrise
Choral Miniatures and Romances

Many Russian poets, including Pushkin, Tyutchev, A.K. Tolstoy, and Fet, strove to express the charm of sunset, moon, night, and sunrise in their writings. The Sunset, Night, Sunrise program features Russian composers who were inspired by poetic images such as nature and love; moon and melancholy; night and soul; and stars and dreams carried special inspiration for Russian composers of the Romantic period. Night, above all, was a favorite theme in Russian Romanticism, revealing in its image the spirit of legendary Russian melancholy. This theme is featured prominently in the music we will perform.

Program:

Posmotri Kakaya Mgla (Look, What a Haze)	Taneyev/Polonskii
Vecher (Evening)	Taneyev/Polonskii
Zv’ozdy (Stars)	Taneyev/Polonskii
Voshod Solntsa ( Sunrise)	Taneyev (arr. Zeiger)/Tyutchev
Venetsianskaya Noch’ (Venetian Night)	Glinka (arr. Zeiger)/Kozlov
Zimn’aya Doroga/(Winter Road)	Shebalin/Pushkin
Zor’ka ( Sunrise)	Krylov (Grebensky)
Na Son Gr’adushchii (Bedtime Prayer)	Tchaikovsky (arr. Zeiger) Ogaryov
Videnie (A Vision)	Mussorgsky/Golenischev-Kutuzov
Usni, Pechal'nyi Drug (Sleep, my Doleful Friend)	Tchaikovsky (arr. Zeiger)/A.K. Tolstoy
Utro/ Morning	Rachmaninoff/Yanov
Serenada (Serenade) Ugasshim Zv’ozdam (To the Dying Stars)	Arensky/A. Fet

Featured Soloists:
Hanna Golodinskii, soprano Alexander Kisselev, bass Michael Zeiger, piano Adrian Daurov, cello

St. Joseph's Church in the Village
Sunday, June 1, 2008, 3:00 p.m.

Weill Recital Hall (at Carnegie Hall)
Thursday, June 5, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council New York State Council on the Arts

FEBRUARY, 2008
Development of the Russian Sacred Concerto
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space series (pre-concert program),
St. Ignatius Loyola
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Sacred Concerto: My Queen most Blessed, Anon. 17th c.
Bortnyansky, Glory to God in the Highest
Tchaikovsky, Psalm 103
Yegorov, Gladsome Light
Schnittke, Rejoice O Virgin; Lord Jesus Christ; Our Father
Rachmaninoff, The Theotokos, Ever Vigilant in Prayer and We Hymn Thee For Ticket Information, go to St. Ignatius Loyola's "Sacred Music in a Sacred Space" web page for this performance. DECEMBER, 2007
Joy and Radiance from Russia and Ukraine
A rare opportunity to hear Russian and  Ukrainian holiday music by Bortnyansky, Chesnokov, Grechaninov, Yegorov, Strokin, Skripnik, Kachanov and more. The selections range from simple folk melodies to sophisticated compositions for double chorus. Charming carols, combining light, childlike voices with the famous low bass sound traditional in the Russian liturgy, bring to life the unique Slavic choral atmosphere. Read Program Notes Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch
552 West End Avenue (at 87th St.)
Sunday, December 9, 3:00 p.m.
St. Joseph's Church
371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER, 2007

Prokofiev, “Alexander Nevsky”, opus 78
Carnegie Hall
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
The Dessoff Symphonic Choir
Thursday November 1, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Tickets: $37 - $126
MAY, 2007PARALLELS AND CROSSINGS II: MUSIC BY RUSSIAN, HUNGARIAN, BALTIC, FRENCH AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS

Two Motets, Daniel E. Gawthrop (USA)
Two Motets, Bianca Maria Meda (Italy)
Two Motets, Askold Murov (Russia)
Two Motets, Sandor Szokolay (Hungary) Three Poems by Pushkin, Georgy Sviridov (Russia)
Three Chansons, Claude Debussy (France)
Three Songs of the Sea, Pauls Dambis (Latvia)
Three Moods in Blue, Nikolai Kachanov (USA)

Wednesday, May 9, 8:00 p.m.
St. Joseph's Church
371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)
Ticket price at the door: $25, $15 students/seniors

DECEMBER 2006

JEWELS OF RUSSIAN LITURGICAL MUSIC
Print concert flyer
Anonymous composers of the 17th and 18th centuries
Tchaikovsky: Vespers (selections)
     Bless the Lord, O My Soul
     Blessed is the Man
Rachmaninoff: Vespers (selections)
     Gladsome Light
     Lord, Now Lettest
     Rejoice O Virgin
     Praise the Name of the Lord
     The Great Doxology
Kastalsky: Christmas Hymns
     Thy Nativity, O Christ Our God
     Today the Virgin
     Verses before the Six Psalms

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