"Hymns and Frescoes"

The concert "Hymns and Frescoes" within the framework of the festival of the Union of Composers of Russia "Five Evenings".

About the concert:

Modern Russian composers in choral music rethink Orthodox chants, Catholic hymns and prayers, are inspired by the beliefs of the most distant regions of the planet. "Medieval frescoes" combine with "Untold Light", organ "Whirling" anticipates the inventive "Song of Aloe", and "Cradle Songs" and "Lullaby" are an island of calm and tranquility in a choral concert.

Musicians: Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory (artistic director and conductor – Alexander Solovyov), Evgenia Krivitskaya (organ), Fedor Osver (oboe)

Presenter: Evgenia Krivitskaya

Program:

Elmir Nizamov (Kazan) "Spinning" for organ (2024), premiere of the organ version

Ekaterina Karpenko (Moscow) "Two medieval frescoes" for oboe and organ (2023)

Andrey Mikita (Moscow) Jesum autem flagellatum for mixed choir and organ (2015)

Ekaterina Ivanova-Blinova (St. Petersburg) "Under the Arches" (2021) for women's choir

Veronika Likhacheva (Yekaterinburg) "Rocking Songs" (2019) for women's choir

Dinis Kurbanov (Yekaterinburg) "Untold Light" (2015) for mixed choir

Ilona Diaghilev (Samara) Ave Maria (2022) for mixed choir

Ekaterina Vinnik (Serpukhov, Moscow region) "The Song of Aloe" (2023) for mixed choir

Taras Buevsky (Moscow) Ave Maria (2020) for mixed choir

Rodion Shchedrin (Munich) "Lullaby" (2020) for mixed choir

Vyacheslav Zuev (Yekaterinburg) "Hallelujah" for mixed choir and organ (2024), world premiere

Moscow. Small hall of the Charge. November 1, 2024