Alexey Svetov
In the choir since 2011
Alexey Svetov is a laureate of numerous competitions: the Vocal Auditions for graduates of Russian music universities (Kazan, 2010), the Obukhova All-Russian Vocal Competition (Lipetsk, 2010), the Shtokolov International Competition (Saint Petersburg, 2009) and others. He is also a laureate of the Glinka International Vocal Competition (Moscow, 2009).
Alexey Svetov graduated from the East Kazakhstan College of Art with a specialization in solo vocals (Vyacheslav Tkach’s class). In 2004, he entered the Glinka State Conservatory (Novosibirsk) to study solo vocals in Vladimir Prudnik’s class. He later obtained his master’s degree from the Conservatory.
In 2010–2011, Alexey Svetov was a soloist at the Pushkin Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Nizhny Novgorod). Since 2011, he has been part of the musicAeterna troupe.
musicAeterna choir events
Hildegardof Bingen (1098–1179)
O virga ac diadema | O branch and diadem
sequence
Teodor Currentzis
Alleluia
Φῶς ἱλαρὸν | O Gladsome Radiance
the entrance chant of Great Vespers, the Byzantine tradition
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Voskres iz groba |Christ is risen from the grave
Troparion No. 14 from the All-Night Vigil for mixed choir, Op. 37 (1915)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933–2010)
Amen for mixed choir, Op. 35 (1975)
Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ | Confess to the Lord
antiphon of the Byzantine tradition
Sub tuum praesidium | Under Your mercy we take refuge
hymn to the Virgin (3rd-4th century)
Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
Uteshityelyu | To thee, Comforter
Prayer to the Holy Spirit for mixed choir (1995)
Ave rex gentis anglorum | Hail, King of the English people
hymn to King Edward the Martyr (England, 11th century)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Ave verum corpus (1952)
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
A Hymn to the Virgin for double choir (1930)
Teodor Currentzis
Εωθινόν | Morning Chant (2022)
Improvisation on Bikapo sound sculptures
The programme is subject to change.
Musical Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Stage Director Anna Guseva
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Choreographer Aisylu Mirhafizkhan
Lighting Designer Natalia Tuzova
Performers:
musicAeterna Choir
musicAeterna Dance
musicAeterna Orchestra soloists and guest artists:
Alexander Shirunov, accordion
Sasha Listova, piano
Andrey Baranenko, organ
Alexey Amosov, Andrey Volosovsky, Maxim Sanin, percussion
Yiorgos Kaloudis, classical Cretan lyra
Maria Zorkina, lever harp
Olga Komok, organetto
Bikapo improvisation performers:
Lada Raskolnikova
Alexey Sulin
Mikhail Myasoyedov
Eleonora Myasoyedova
Hildegardof Bingen (1098–1179)
O virga ac diadema | O branch and diadem
sequence
Teodor Currentzis
Alleluia
Φῶς ἱλαρὸν | O Gladsome Radiance
the entrance chant of Great Vespers, the Byzantine tradition
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Voskres iz groba |Christ is risen from the grave
Troparion No. 14 from the All-Night Vigil for mixed choir, Op. 37 (1915)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933–2010)
Amen for mixed choir, Op. 35 (1975)
Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ | Confess to the Lord
antiphon of the Byzantine tradition
Sub tuum praesidium | Under Your mercy we take refuge
hymn to the Virgin (3rd-4th century)
Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
Uteshityelyu | To thee, Comforter
Prayer to the Holy Spirit for mixed choir (1995)
Ave rex gentis anglorum | Hail, King of the English people
hymn to King Edward the Martyr (England, 11th century)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Ave verum corpus (1952)
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
A Hymn to the Virgin for double choir (1930)
Teodor Currentzis
Εωθινόν | Morning Chant (2022)
Improvisation on Bikapo sound sculptures
The programme is subject to change.
Musical Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Stage Director Anna Guseva
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Choreographer Aisylu Mirhafizkhan
Lighting Designer Natalia Tuzova
Performers:
musicAeterna Choir
musicAeterna Dance
musicAeterna Orchestra soloists and guest artists:
Alexander Shirunov, accordion
Sasha Listova, piano
Andrey Baranenko, organ
Alexey Amosov, Andrey Volosovsky, Maxim Sanin, percussion
Yiorgos Kaloudis, classical Cretan lyra
Maria Zorkina, lever harp
Olga Komok, organetto
Bikapo improvisation performers:
Lada Raskolnikova
Alexey Sulin
Mikhail Myasoyedov
Eleonora Myasoyedova
György Kurtág (b. 1926)
Songs of Despair and Sorrow for mixed choir with instrumental accompaniment, Op. 18 (1980–1994)
So weary, so wretched to the words of Mikhail Lermontov (1840)
Night, an empty street, a lamp, a drug-store to the words of Alexander Blok (1912)
Blue Evening to the words of Sergei Yesenin (1925)
Where can I go to in this January? to the words of Osip Mandelstam (1937)
The Crucifixion to the words of Anna Akhmatova (1939)
It’s time to the words of Marina Tsvetaeva (1941)
Grabstein für Stephan | Gravestone for Stephan for guitar and instrumental ensemble, Op. 15c
(1989)
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem | A German Requiem for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra, Op. 45 (1865–1869)
Selig sind, die da Leid tragen | Blessed are those who weep, for they will be comforted
Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras | For all flesh is like grass
Herr, lehre doch mich, dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss | Lord, teach me that I must have an end
Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth! | How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit | Ye now therefore have sorrow
Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt | For here we have no continuing city
Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
The programme is subject to change.
Performers:
Iveta Simonyan — soprano
Vladislav Chizhov — baritone
The musicAeterna Choir and Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis