Nevsky, 62
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure Mother of our God.
Concert from the “Night Vigils” Series
Αγγελος ἐβόα / “Angel Cried Out”
Performed by musicAeterna & musicAeterna Byzantina Choirs
musicAeterna Women’s Choir
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choirmaster: Katya Dondukova
musicAeterna Byzantina Choir
Choirmaster: Antonios Koutroupis
Ribal Wehbe (vocals, Lebanon)
Yorgos Kaloudis (classical Cretan lyra, Greece)
Alla Kazakova (actress)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
Moses (Mieczyslaw) Weinberg (1919–1996)
String Quartet No. 16 in A-flat minor, Op. 130 (1981)
Allegro
Allegro – Andantino – Allegro
Lento
Moderato
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34 (1944–1945)
Allegro moderato
Scherzo
Sostenuto: Like a folk tune
Finale
The musicAeterna Choir continues its exploration of the sacred music of two Western European classics of the 20th century — Francis Poulenc and Benjamin Britten — in a concert to be held at Dom Radio, 62 Nevsky Prospect.
Choreographers — Marcel and Maria Nuriev (Kazan)
Composer — Sugder Ludup
Sound Designer — Andrey Vorobyov
Lighting Designer — Natalya Tuzova
Costume Designer — Serafima Chelina
Executive Producer — Daria Tretyakova
Troupe Manager — Miroslava Kosyachenko
Technical Director — Alexey Bondarenko
Performers:
musicAeterna Dance
Choreographers — Marcel and Maria Nuriev (Kazan)
Composer — Sugder Ludup
Sound Designer — Andrey Vorobyov
Lighting Designer — Natalya Tuzova
Costume Designer — Serafima Chelina
Executive Producer — Daria Tretyakova
Troupe Manager — Miroslava Kosyachenko
Technical Director — Alexey Bondarenko
Performers:
musicAeterna Dance
Antonin Rejcha (1770–1836)
Brass Quintet in D Major, Op. 91 No. 3 (1817–1819)
Lento. Allegro assai
Adagio
Minuetto. Allegro vivo
Finale. Allegretto
Gustav Theodor Holst (1874–1934)
Wind Quintet in A-flat major, Op. 14 (1903)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Minuet (in Canon)
Air and Variations: Poco allegro e cantabile
Sally (Sarah Frances) Beamish (b. 1956)
The naming of birds for wind quintet (2001)
Perdix perdix | Grey partridge
Vanellus vanellus | Lapwing
Carduelis cannabina, emberiza calandra | Linnet, millet
Tyto alba | Barn owl
Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Bullfinch
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Fantasias for viol consort No. 1, Z. 732 and No. 2, Z. 733 (1680)
Johann Gottlieb Janich (c. 1708 — c. 1763)
Sonata da camera O Haupt vol Blut und Wunden for oboe, violin, viola and basso continuo in G minor (undated)
Largo e maestoso
Allegretto
Adagio ma non troppo
Vivace non troppo
Antal Dorati (1906–1988)
Duo Concertante for oboe and piano (1984)
Libero, rubatissimo
Molto vivace
Maria Genchenkova (b. 1978)
Fantasy «Thunderstorms» for oboe, oboe d’amour, English horn and piano (2022). St Petersburg premiere.
Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
Sequenza VII for oboe solo (1969)