Program
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Three Russian Sacred Choruses (1926–1934)
1. Pater Noster
2. Credo
3. Ave Maria
Nikolai Golovanov (1891–1953)
O Gentle Light (1943)
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Ode No. 1, Kontakion, Ikos from the Kanon pokajanen cycle (1997)
Askold Murov (1928–1996)
Father! Forgive Them, No. 3 from Spiritual Concert No. 1 (1989)
Deacon Sergei Trubachev (1919–1995)
Who Will Separate Us From the Love of God, Epistle of St Paul to the Romans, 8, 35-38. (ca 1980)
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Adam Sat Weeping at the Gates of Paradise, My Soul, my Soul, No. 1 and No. 4 from the cycle Psalms of Repentance, op. 203 (1987)
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, No. 1 from the cycle Three Sacred Hymns (1984)
Complete This Work Which I Began in Hope and with Your Name, No. 4 from the Concerto for Choir based on poems by Grigor Narekatsi (1984–1985)
Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994)
For the Entrance, At Communion from the cycle Hymns to the Holy Catholic Mass (1991)
Pater Noster, No. 8 from the cycle Eight Spiritual Hymns (In Memory of Boris Pasternak), op. 24 (1969–1989)
Antiphon: Blessed, No. 4 from the cycle Six Spiritual Hymns (1992)
Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
Morning Song, No. 1 from the cycle Three Monasterial Stichera for Male Choir, Part II of the Chants and Prayers collection (1980\1988–1997)
Beheld a Strange Christmas, No. 7 from the cycle Beheld a Strange Christmas, Part III of the Hymns and Prayers collection (1980\1988–1997)
Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
To the Comforter, prayer to the Holy Spirit (1995)
The programme is subject to change.
Details
The new programme of the musicAeterna Choir represents a short anthology of Russian sacred music in the 20th century. A special attention is paid to the works of the 1970s and 1990s, when the heyday of the second wave of the avant-garde coincided with the revival of widespread interest in religion and unofficial spiritual practices. The concert features works by nine very distinct composers: from Stravinsky, whose spiritual choruses were first performed in the USSR during the Thaw era, to Karetnikov and Knaifel; from pieces inspired by Bach and Monteverdi by Schnittke and Pärt to canonical church hymns by deacon Sergei Trubachev.