2019
Color and Sound
- Efrem Podgaits: “Morning Birds” for chorus, cello and flute (world premiere)
Roberta Michel, flute; Issei Herr, cello - Nikolai Kachanov: “Benevolence,” a choral cycle set to the poems of Nicholas Roerich
- Morton Feldman: “Rothko Chapel” for chorus, viola and percussion
Jessica Meyer, viola; Jeffrey Irving, percussion; Zen Wu, soprano; Mikhail Zeiger, celesta
Nikolai Kachanov Singers and the Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
Sunday, June 9, 8:00 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street
Nearest subway stop: #1 line, 110th St. stop (Cathedral Parkway)
This event is presented in conjunction with The Value of Sanctuary: Building a House Without Walls on view at the Cathedral through June 30.
Tchaikovsky and His Contemporaries
RCCNY explores the theme of beauty, love and compassion in a program of Russian Romanticism. You’ll hear beautiful gems of Russian choral music, including rarely-performed Tchaikovsky compositions. You will also hear most-beloved, legendary compositions by Rubinstein and Scriabin arranged for chorus, cello and piano for the first time. The chorus will present Taneyev’s majestic cantata “John of Damascus.”
Guy Brewer, organ; Adrian Daurov, cello; Mikhail Zeiger, piano
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 8:00 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
236 East 31st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
Nearest subway stop: #6 line, 33rd St. stop (at Park Ave.)
or Q, N, R, W (34 St. stop)
Sunday, February 24, 2019, 3:00 PM
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
921 Madison Avenue (at 73rd St.)
Nearest subway stop: #6 line, 77th St. stop (at Lexington Ave.)
- Rubinstein: “Melody in F” for voices and piano (arr. M. Zeiger), world premiere
- Tchaikovsky: “Greetings to Rubinstein”
- Tchaikovsky: “Let My Prayer Arise”
Arina Ayzen, Hanna Golodinskii, Carla Lopez-Speziale, soloists - Tchaikovsky: “Nature and Love” cantata
Arina Ayzen, Hanna Golodinskii, Carla Lopez-Speziale, soloists - Scriabin: “Prelude” for voices, cello and piano (arr. M. Zeiger), world premiere
- Rachmaninoff: “Vocalise” for voices, cello and piano (arr. M. Zeiger)
- Arensky: “Three Quartets” for voices and cello
- Taneyev: “John of Damascus” cantata
Our concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and by funds for Creative Engagement, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
2018
Russian Christmas: Old and New
January 2018
This program offers an amazing variety of the great tradition of Russian sacred music and will include compositions by legendary Russian composers such as Chesnokov, Golovanov, Grechaninov, Kalistratov, Rachmaninoff, Schnittke, and Stravinsky, as well as carols rarely performed in America.
Thursday, January 11, 2018, 7:30 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
236 East 31st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
Nearest subway stop: #6 line, 33rd St. stop (at Park Ave.)
Sunday, January 14, 2018, 4:30 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Central Park West at W. 65th St.
Manhattan
Nearest subway stop: Lincoln Center (1).
Our concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and by funds for Creative Engagement, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Russian Winter Gala
January 24, 2018
Join the Russian Chamber Chorus and others at Weill Recital Hall! This gala concert explores the diversity of Russian music through instrumental and vocal classics as well as folk-inspired choral masterpieces.
Muses of the Night: Parallels and Crossings
May-June 2018
We invite you to join RCCNY for the next program of our Parallels and Crossings concert series: Muses of the Night. As the warm summer nights grow closer, we explore how composers across Russia, as well as Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, and Poland, express their feelings about nighttime. From nightly prayers to darkened landscapes to moonlit mysteries, you’ll experience a magical world of moods and dreams.
- Chesnokov: “Night” (Russia)
- Esenvalds: “Only in Sleep” (Latvia)
- Ippolitov-Ivanov: “Night” (Russia)
- Kodaly: “Evening Song” (Hungary)
- Krylov: “Dawn” (Russia)
- Partskhaladze: “Weeping Candles” (Georgia)
- Podgaits: “Prayer to the Moon” (Russia)
- Taneyev: “Ruins of a Tower” (Russia)
- Taneyev: “Stars” (Russia)
- Tchaikovsky: “Invocation to Sleep” (Russia)
- Zielinski: “A Prayer for Sleeping Children” (Poland)
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 8:00 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
236 East 31st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
Nearest subway stop: #6 line, 33rd St. stop (at Park Ave.)
Sunday, June 3, 2018, 4:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Central Park West at W. 65th St.
Manhattan
Nearest subway stop: Lincoln Center (1).
John of Damascus
Wednesday, November 28 2018, 12:00 noon
Don’t miss our presentation of Sergei Taneyev’s masterful cantata, “John of Damascus,” also known as “The Russian Requiem.” The choir will be joined by Guy Brewer on organ for this work. This free half-hour concert is part of Interchurch Center’s regular Wednesday lunch-hour series. The Interchurch Center is located on Riverside Drive at 120th Street. The concert will be in the chapel on the first floor.
2017
Shakespeare and Pushkin in Choral Music
January 2017
Shakespeare and Pushkin, two legendary poets whose poems captured the spirit of their time with unparalleled vividness and depth, were born far apart in time and space, but their work brings them close together in spirit.
Settings of poems by Pushkin:
- Vissarion Shebalin, “Winter Road”
- Georgy Sviridov, “Three Poems by Pushkin”
- Mikhail Zeiger, “Poet-Prophet”
Settings of poems by Shakespeare:
- Evelin Seppar, “Sonnet No. 53”
- Yuri Yukechev, “Sonnet No. 30”
- Ralph Vaughan Williams, “Three Shakespeare Songs”
- Frank Lewin, “Wedding is Great Juno’s Crown”
Guy Brewer, organ; Mikhail Zeiger, piano
Thursday, January 12, 2017, 7:30 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
236 East 31st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
Nearest subway stop: #6 line, 33rd St. stop (at Park Ave.)
Saturday, January 14, 2017, 4:00 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
236 East 31st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
Nearest subway stop: #6 line, 33rd St. stop (at Park Ave.)
Stories Spoken and Unspoken: Vocalises and Folk Songs
June 2017
Vocalises
- Yuri Yukechev: “Chant”
- Georgy Sviridov: “Concerto in Memory of A. Yurlov”
- Edgar Girtain IV: “Entropy” World Premiere
- Alisher Latif-Zade: “Super Astra Ferri” World Premiere
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Vocalise” for cello, chorus and piano (arr. Mikhail Zeiger)
Adrian Daurov, cello; Mikhail Zeiger, piano
Folk Songs
- Zakhar Blyakher: “Four Russian Folk Songs”
Mikhail Zeiger, piano - “Those Evening Bells”
Sergey Tkachenko, tenor - “Oy, Somebody’s Horse”
- “Ah, You Wide Steppe” arr. Alexander Krepkikh
- “Brooms (Veniki)” arr. Feodor Rubtsov
With Special Guests:
Russian Trio
Tamara Volskaya, domra; Anatoliy Trofimov, bayan;
Leonid Bruk, contrabass-balalaika
Irina Zagornova, Russian folk singer
Thursday, June 1, 2017, 8:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Central Park West at W. 65th St.
Manhattan
Nearest subway stop: Lincoln Center (1).
Sunday, June 4, 2017, 4:00 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
236 East 31st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
Nearest subway stop: #6 line, 33rd St. stop (at Park Ave.)
These concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the Fund for Creative Communities, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
2016
Holiday Splendor from Russia and Ukraine
January 2016
RCCNY celebrates the holiday season with a bold program embracing the unique choral traditions of Russia and Ukraine. The program exemplifies Russian and Ukrainian holiday traditions, and includes little known gems of early Russian polyphony, sacred works, and bright and cheerful Ukrainian carols and folk songs.
- Early Russian Polyphony (Anonymous)
- Christ is Born; Trisagion; Only Begotten Son
- Berezovsky: “Blessed are They whom Thou Hast Chosen“
- Yaichkov: “Bless the Lord, O My Soul, and It is Truly Fitting“
- Metropolitan Philaret Voznesensky: “O Theotokos and Virgin, Rejoice”
- Grechaninov: “Cherubic Song”
- Egorov: “Gladsome Light”
- Rachmaninoff: “We Hymn Thee“
- Bortnyansky: Cherubic Song No. 7 and Coro per il Natale
- “Four Ukrainian Carols” arr. Kachanov
- Dychko: “Two Carols”
- Kholminov: “Fantasia on Ukrainian Folk Songs“
- Lysenko: “Natalka’s Aria” from Natalka Poltavka
- Zeiger: “Christmas Song” (American Premiere)
- “Shchedryk” arr. Leontovich
Hanna Golodinskii, soprano soloist
With special guests, Russian Trio:
Tamara Volskaya, domra; Anatoliy Trofimov, bayan;
Leonid Bruk, contrabass-balalaika
Friday, January 8, 2016, 7:30 PM
The Brick Presbyterian Church
1140 Park Avenue (at 91st Street).
Nearest subway stop: (East) 86th St. (4, 5, 6), or 96th (6 only)
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 4:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Central Park West at W. 65th St.
Manhattan
Nearest subway stop: Lincoln Center (1).
Russia and its Neighbors III:
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
June 2016
RCCNY reaches across national boundaries with a fascinating and inspiring program of choral gems from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia: Salve Regina by Arvo Part (Estonia), Madrigal by Peteris Vasks (Latvia), The Great Mystery by Feliksas Bajoras (Lithuania), By Candlelight by Yuri Yukechev (Russia).
Mary Ellen Callahan, soprano
Guy Brewer, organ
Sample the concert in advance!
(featuring Mary Ellen)
Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 7:30 PM
The Brick Presbyterian Church
1140 Park Avenue (at 91st Street).
Nearest subway stop: (East) 86th St. (4, 5, 6), or 96th (6 only)
Sunday, June 5, 2016, 4:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Central Park West at W. 65th St.
Manhattan
Nearest subway stop: Lincoln Center (1).
These concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the Fund for Creative Communities, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
2015
30th Anniversary Jubilee
January 15 and 18, 2015
Enjoy Sergei Rachmaninoff’s glorious Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (selections), the magnificent double concerto Glory to God in the Highest by Ukrainian composer Dmitry Bortnyansky, the hauntingly beautiful Amao Omi (Senseless War) for choir and saxophone quartet by Giya Kancheli, and the deeply moving choral cycle Benevolence, by our own artistic director, Nikolai Kachanov.
Drawn from Georgian folklore, Amao Omi (Senseless War) is composed with a heartfelt yet refined emotion. Benevolence, a five-part choral cycle setting is set on the verses from “Flame in Chalice” by the Russian artist Nicholas Roerich. The composition has a meditative quality that interweaves Eastern and Western musical techniques, including harmonic singing. The performance of this composition is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Nicholas Roerich’s birth.
Guest Artists: New Hudson Saxophone Quartet
Listen to “Drops”, movement #5 from the choral cycle Benevolence.
Listen to RCCNY’s live performance of Bortnyansky’s Glory to God in the Highest.
Thursday, January 15, 2015, 8:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Central Park West at W. 65th St.
Manhattan
Nearest subway stop: Lincoln Center (1).
Sunday, January 18, 2015, 4:00 PM
The Brick Presbyterian Church
1140 Park Avenue (at 91st Street)
Manhattan
Nearest subway stop: 96th St. on the 4, 5, 6.
Currents of Jewish Classical Tradition:
America, Israel and Russia
May-June 2015
Do not miss this program, which showcases the beauty of liturgical, secular, and folk traditions in a wide variety of compositions ranging from Bible stories to contemporary compositions. It reflects a unique national identity ranging from deep prayer to jubilation.
Leonard Bernstein (USA): “Chichester Psalms” movement III, arrangement for chorus, piano, cello and violin
Zakhar Blyakher (Israel): “Jerusalem Dreams” four-part choral cycle for soprano, flute, clarinet and percussion
Lee R. Kesselman (USA): “I am Come into My Garden”
Marc Lavry (Israel): “Hora”
Modest Mussorgsky (Russia): “Joshua” and “The Destruction of Sennacherib”
Efrem Podgaits (Russia): “Prayer of Shmuel Ha Nagid” for women’s chorus and cello (American premiere)
Heinrich Schalit (USA): “Mi Yitneini”
Mordecai Seter (Israel): “Eshet Chayil”
Guest artists: Hanna Golodinskii, soprano; Mikhail Zeiger, piano; Elizabeth Derham, violin; Adrian Daurov, cello; Jessica Taskov, flute; Avigail Malachi-Baev, clarinet
Sunday, May 17, 2015, 4:00 PM
Temple Sinai of Roslyn
425 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights, NY
Wednesday, June 3, 8:00 PM
Town and Village Synagogue
334 East 14th Street, btw. First and Second Aves.
Sunday, June 7, 7:30 PM
The Brick Presbyterian Church
1140 Park Avenue (at 91st Street)
These concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the Fund for Creative Communities, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
2014
Spirit of Old Russia II
January 11, 12 and 15, 2014
The program interweaves three root styles of Russian music: sacred, classical and folk. The first half of the program traces the development of Russian church music from the 18th century to the 20th – from the sparkling baroque style of the sacred concerto by Bortnyansky to the profoundly spiritual and tender church music of Yegorov, Chesnokov, and Gretchaninov, to the moving and intimate choral miniatures of Golovanov, composed in secret by the popular conductor of the “Bolshoi Theatre” in Moscow during the most repressive years of Soviet rule. The second half of the program traces the synergies between Russian classical music, including rarely-performed works based on texts by famous Russian authors like Pushkin and Gogol. The program also includes Russian folk music, performed in authentic style and accompanied by Russian traditional folk instruments: the domra (lute-like instrument), the bayan (the Russian button accordion) and balalaika-contrabass. Join the choir for an evening of timeless Russian Christmas music that evokes the boundless expanse of the Russian landscape, the wistful longing and ascetic reflection that characterize the mysterious Spirit of Old Russia.
- Bortnyansky: “Glory to God in the Highest”
- Golovanov: “Troparion of the Nativity,” “Wonderful Mystery,” “Christ is Born”
- Yegorov: “Gladsome Light”
- Chesnokov: “Let my Prayer Arise”
Solo: Joanna Mieleszko, mezzo-soprano - Grechaninov: “Cherubic Hymn”
- Kastalsky: “God Is With Us”
- Shebalin: “Winter Road”
- Krylov: “Little Dawn”
- Kastalsky: “Fields Boundless”
- Authentic Folk Songs: “Oy, Po Dorojechke (Oh, on the Little Road);” “Oy, Chei To Kon’ (Oh, Somebody’s Horse);” “Ah, You Wide, Expansive Steppe;” “Shchedryk”
Anatoliy Trofimov, bayan
Tamara Volaskaya, domra
Leonid Bruk, balalaika-contrabass
Saturday, January 11, 2014, 4:00 PM
St. Charles Borromeo Church
1 Aitken Place (19 Sidney Place)
Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn)
Sunday, January 12, 2014, 4:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
65th Street and Central Park West (Manhattan)
Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 8:00 PM
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
213 W. 82nd St., betw. Broadway and Amsterdam (Manhattan)
Eternal Flame: A Choral Memorial
May 31, June 1, 2 and 5, 2014
The chorus will present a program to commemorate Memorial Day and honor peace with selections from the monumental “Eternal Memory to the Heroes” by Alexander Kastalsky, dedicated to the victims of World War I. With this work, Kastalsky intended to embody voices from many nations.
The concert will also include compositions that continue the theme of remembrance and peace: Tchaikovsky’s “Blessed Are They, Whom Thou Hast Chosen”; John Tavener’s “Svyati” for choir and cello; Yuri Yukechev’s “Chant”; and Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings, ” arranged for chorus. The program concludes with Sergei Taneyev’s magnificient cantata “John of Damascus,” also known as “A Russian Requiem.”
Part One
- Yuri Yukechev: “Chant“
- Alexander Kastalsky: Selections from “Eternal Memory to the Heroes”
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: “Blessed Are They, Whom Thou Hast Chosen”
- Samuel Barber: “Adagio for Strings” (arranged for chorus)
- Nikolai Golovanov: “Flame of Love”
Part Two
- John Tavener: “Svyati”
Kirsten Jerme, cello - Sergei Taneyev: cantata, “John of Damascus“
Guy Brewer, organ
Saturday, May 31, 2014, 3:30 PM
St. Charles Borromeo Church
1 Aitken Place (19 Sidney Place)
Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn)
Sunday, June 1, 2014, 4:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
65th Street and Central Park West (Manhattan)
Thursday, June 5, 2014, 8:00 PM
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
552 West End Avenue (entrance on W. 87th Street), Manhattan
These concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the Fund for Creative Communities, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
2013
Rachmaninoff: 140th Birthday Celebration: Sacred and Secular
April 24 and 28, 2013
Join RCCNY in celebrating the remarkable and multifaceted inner world of the great Rachmaninoff. Our April program showcases the composer’s versatile genius. We invite you to experience his mighty spirit in selections from “Vespers” and “Choral Concerto,” the mysterious melancholy of his famous “Vocalise,” the miraculous transformation of the soul and its renewal in the cantata “Spring,” and the deep emotions and poetic images of nature in “Six Choruses for Women’s Voices,” written when Rachmaninoff was only 20 years old.
- “Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer,” sacred choral concerto
- Selections from the “Vespers:” “Come, Let us Worship;” “Bless the Lord O My Soul;” “Gladsome Light;” and “Rejoice O Virgin”
- Vocalise, for cello, chorus, and piano (arr. Mikhail Zeiger)
Adrian Daurov, cello; Mikhail Zeiger, piano - Six Choruses for Women’s Voices
- “Spring,” cantata for chorus and baritone
Vagarshak Oganyan, baritone; Mikhail Zeiger, piano
Wednesday, April 24, 8:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
213 West 82nd Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
Sunday, April 28, 3:00 p.m.
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
921 Madison Avenue (at 73rd St.)
RCCNY is proud to be a part of RUSSIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, April 2013 in New York state!
Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
January 20 and 23, 2013
Our first concert of the season featured Sergei Rachmaninoff’s first great liturgical work (1910), performed in its entirety, in the tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church, complete with the invocations of the Celebrant and Deacon.
Sunday, January 20, 3:00 p.m.
St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village
371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)
Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 8:00 PM
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
213 West 82nd Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
These concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the Fund for Creative Communities, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
2012
Music without Borders
Russia and Beyond: Armenia and Georgia
May 20 and 22, 2012
Rarely performed music by prominent composers Komitas (Armenia), Kancheli (Georgia), and Sviridov (Russia).
- Komitas (1869-1935): “Patarag” (Armenian Divine Liturgy, selections), for men’s chorus
- Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998): “Concerto to the Memory of A. Yurlov”
- “Vesnyanka (Spring Tune),” for unaccompanied mixed chorus
- Giya Kancheli (1935- ): “Amao Omi (Senseless War),” for mixed chorus and saxophones (featuring the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet)
Tchaikovsky and His Contemporaries
January 22, 2012
St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village
Sunday, January 22, 3:30 p.m.
371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)
“Tchaikovsky and His Contemporaries” is designed to show the influence Tchaikovsky had on the musical life of his contemporaries. His innovations in Russian sacred and secular music gave a powerful impetus to many subsequent generations of Russian composers.
Tchaikovsky brought to life musical landscapes, including his piano cycle “The Seasons,” from which “January” is included in this program. The theme of beauty and love is powerfully expressed in Tchaikovsky’s cantata “Nature and Love,” which was set to the composer’s own text. Patriotism, morality, and compassion in the works of Tchaikovsky echoed in the soul of the young Rachmaninoff. His “Six Choruses for Women’s Voices,” written in early youth, expresses deep emotion, as well as poetic images of nature, composed with elegance and sophistication.
One of Tchaikovsky’s most enthusiastic admirers was his contemporary, Anton Arensky, whose “Three Quartets” for voices and cello is one of the gems of Russian Romantic music.
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Bless the Lord, O My Soul”
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Blessed Are They, Whom Thou Hast Chosen”
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Let My Prayer Arise”
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Vocalise for chorus, cello and piano” (arr. M. Zeiger)
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Iolanta’s Arioso”
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Nature and Love” (cantata)
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “January” from “Les Saisons, Op. 37b”
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Six Choruses for Women’s Voices”
- Anton Arensky: “Three Quartets for chorus and cello, op. 57”
- Sergei Taneyev: “Sunrise for chorus, cello and piano” (arr. M. Zeiger)
Hanna Golodinskii, soprano; Adrian Daurov, cello; Mikhail Zeiger, piano
St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village
Sunday, January 22, 3:30 p.m.
371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)
Nearest subway stop: on A,C E, B D Q, F: West 4th Street Station.
For No. 1 train, exit Christopher Street, then walk one block east to Sixth Avenue.
These concerts are supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the Fund for Creative Communities, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Special Appearance: RCCNY Sings Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
January 27, 2012
We’re delighted to make a special appearance on January 27 in Princeton, as guest performers at a concert in celebration of the 98th birthday of William H. Scheide. The Russian Chamber Chorus will join with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra (under the direction of Mark Laycock) to perform a special “birthday version” of the 1812 Overture. Proceeds from the concert, “Booked for the Evening,” will benefit the Princeton Public Library.
2011
Russia and Beyond: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania & Tuva
May 11 & 15, 2011
Russia and Beyond: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Tuva will present dramatic, rarely-heard music selections that reflect each area’s unique musical qualities and its national spirit. RCCNY will perform music by Feliksas Bayoras, Veljo Tormis, and Alexander Kholminov, who are widely considered to be some of the the 20th century’s most important composers.
You’ll hear “The Great Mystery” by Bajoras (Lithuania), a powerful and haunting choral gem, inspired by a poem by Lithuanian priest Jonas Zukauskas. Expressing the eternal theme of life and death, its beauty and originality is rooted in ancient Lithuanian music. The program continues with one cycle from “Forgotten Peoples” by Tormis, a prominent and prolific composer (Estonia), in a setting of traditional texts of six different Finno-Urgric peoples, which was Tormis’s attempt to rescue these cultures from total obliteration. RCCNY performs the first of these cycles, Liivlaste Parandus (Livonian Heritage). Also included will be “Songs of the Sea” by Pauls Dambis, one of the most imaginative composers in Latvia today, who creatively used elements of Latvian folk music in combination with compositional techniques developed in the second half of the 20th century.The chorus will also present the Tuvan folk song “Handagaity,” in an arrangement by Alexei Chyrgal-Ool; as well as “Concerto for Cello and Chamber Choir” by Alexander Kholminov, joined by Adrian Daurov, cello.
- Feliksas Bajoras: “Great Mystery”
- Pauls Dambis: “Songs of the Sea”
- Veljo Tormis: “Livonian Heritage”
- Alexei Chyrgal-Ool: “Handagaity”
- Alexander Kholminov: “Concerto for Cello and Chamber Choir”
Adrian Daurov, cello
Tchaikovsky and His Contemporaries
October 22, 2011
2:30 PM, at the Richmondtown Library on Staten Island (Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concert Series).
Free Admission
“Tchaikovsky and His Contemporaries” is designed to show the influence Tchaikovsky had on the musical life of his contemporaries. His innovations in Russian sacred and secular music gave a powerful impetus to many subsequent generations of Russian composers.
Tchaikovsky brought to life musical landscapes, including his piano cycle “The Seasons,” from which “October” is included in this program. The theme of beauty and love is powerfully expressed in Tchaikovsky’s cantata “Nature and Love,” which was set to the composer’s own text. Patriotism, morality, and compassion in the works of Tchaikovsky echoed in the soul of the young Rachmaninoff. His “Six Choruses for Women’s Voices,” written in early youth, expresses deep emotion, as well as poetic images of nature, composed with elegance and sophistication.
One of Tchaikovsky’s most enthusiastic admirers was his contemporary, Anton Arensky, whose “Three Quartets” for voices and cello is one of the gems of Russian Romantic music.
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Bless the Lord, O My Soul”
- “Blessed Are They, Whom Thou Hast Chosen” (from 9 Sacred Pieces)
- “Let My Prayer Arise” (from 9 Sacred Pieces)
- Tatyana’s Aria from “Eugene Onegin”
Hanna Golodinskii, soprano - “Nature and Love” (cantata)
- “Octobre: Chant d’automne” from Les Saisons, Op. 37b
Michael Zeiger, piano - Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Six Choruses for Women’s Voices“
Michael Zeiger, piano - Anton Arensky: “Three Quartets for Chorus and Cello, op. 57 “
Adrian Daurov, cello
Reflections: Ten Years Later
November 18, 2011
The Riverside Church
Friday, November 18, 8:00 p.m.
490 Riverside Drive (at West 122nd St.)
Performed with The Riverside Choir (Christopher Johnson, Director of Music)
The centerpiece of Reflections: Ten Years Later is the “New York Mass,” by renowned Moscow composer Efrem Podgaits. “New York Mass” is dedicated to the memory of the 9/11 tragedy. RCCNY was honored to present the world premiere of this work in spring of 2002, and our New York audiences and singers alike were moved by its power and sensitivity. Podgaits began composing “New York Mass” following a visit to Manhattan in summer 2001. The fascinating story of its composition, which you can read in the composer’s own words, shows the deep connection the composer felt with the people of New York.
In the Reflections program, RCCNY will perform Tavener’s “Svyati,” for chorus and cello, in which the composer uses text from the Russian Orthodox service associated with grieving. We will perform a choral arrangement of Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” containing notes of passion and mourning that relate well to the program’s theme. The concert will include “Chant,” by renowned Siberian composer Yuri Yukechev. This polyphonic masterpiece is full of profound drama, breaking through sorrow to come to a climax of hope. We are pleased to premiere a setting of “Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace” by the renowned Russian composer Mikhail Zeiger. And the reverent program wouldn’t be complete without liturgical works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Blessed are They Whom Thou Hast Chosen”
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: “We Hymn Thee”
soloist: Hanna Golodinskii - Yuri Yukechev: “Chant”
- Samuel Barber: “Adagio for Strings” (choral adaptation, arr. N. Kachanov)
- Mikhail Zeiger: “Now Let Thy Servant Depart”
- John Tavener: “Svyati”
Adrian Daurov, cello - Efrem Podgaits: “New York Mass”
The Riverside Church
Friday, November 18, 8:00 p.m.
490 Riverside Drive (at West 122nd St.)
2010
Sacred Music in the Soviet Era
May 15 & 16, 2010
A combined performance by the RCCNY and Canticum Novum Singers
- Alfred Schnittke: “Concerto for Choir”
Harold Rosenbaum conducted Concerto for Choir on May 15.
Nikolai Kachanov conducted Concerto for Choir on May 16.
December: The Spirit of Old Russia
“The Spirit of Old Russia” is a fascinating musical journey through Russian choral music history. RCCNY creates living musical pictures of ancient ascetic contemplation, lingering sadness, and joyous Russian holidays. The Russian choral classics are presented in their unforgettably touching beauty, from ancient sacred chants to immortal creations of Russian classical music. The program features some of Russia’s best-loved composers, including Pavel Chesnokov and Sergei Rachmaninoff. The concert will finish with the glorious eight-part cantata, “Ode,” by Yuri Shibanov.
2009
Parallels and Crossings III: Sacred and Earthly Love
March 25 & 28, 2009
The third concert in our Parallels and Crossings series. The series explores music by composers of different time periods and nations, connected by a common theme.
Kaleidoscope-like, the first part of our program displays changing interpretations of the biblical Song of Songs, from the Italian Renaissance and early German Baroque periods to the simple dance of a contemporary wedding song. Present-day American, English, and Russian composers represent the diversity of music inspired by this ancient text, both its romantic aspects and its religious ones. We will perform Schütz’s Ich beschwöre euch, ihr Töchter zu Jerusalem (Dialogus), I am the Rose of Sharon by Billings, as well as compositions by Jim Clements and Lee Kesselman.
The second part of the program continues the theme of compassionate love, featuring music by two contemporary Siberian composers, Yuri Ashepkov and Yuri Yukechev, with whom the group has a rich connection and is uniquely suited and proud to present their works to an American audience. Ashepkov’s Panorama for choir and sitar (American premiere) is a setting of text from the Dhammapada (sung in Pali), adding traditional Indian raga. Yukechev’s Epistle for chorus and cello (World premiere) is written in the classical Russian choral tradition and was commissioned by RCCNY for this concert.
A Celebration of Russian Folk Song
June 7 & 10, 2009
- “Russian Concerto“ (selections) arr. Valery Kalistratov
- “Kak Ponije Sela Lyskova (Below Liskovo Village)”
- “U vo Kl’uchika (By the Little Stream)”
- “Tanya, Tanyusha”
- “V Malen’kov Svetyolke (In a Garret)” arr. Kachanov
- “Chastushki” arr. Kolovsky
- “Odnozvuchno Gremit Kolokol’chik (Monotonously Rings the Bell)” arr. Kachanov
- “Vot Mchitsa Troyka Udalaya (Here Three Daring Horses Rushing)” arr. Kachanov
- “Vniz po Matushke po Volge (Down the Mother-Volga River)” arr. Kachanov
- “Seleznyushka (Little Drake)” Authentic Peasant Song
- “Gusli” Authentic Peasant Song
- “Oy, Po Dorojechke (Oh, On the Little Road)” Authentic Peasant Song
- “Oi, Chei To Kon’ (Oh, Somebody’s Horse)” Authentic Peasant Song
- Zakhar Blyaher: “Four Russian Songs”
- “V Syrom Boru Tropina (The Path in the Damp Wood)”
- “Sronila Kolechko (I Dropped the Little Ring)”
- “Zvonili Zvony (The Bells were Ringing)”
- “Pribautki (Droll Sayings)”
December: Russian Treasures: Highlights From Our 25-Year History
- Tolstiakov: “Bless the Lord, O My Soul”
- Yegorov: “Gladsome Light”
- Grechaninov: “Cherubic Hymn”
- Golovanov: “Troparion of the Nativity;” “Wonderful Mystery;” “Christ is Born”
- Schnittke: “Three Sacred Hymns”
- Rachmaninoff: “The Theotokos,” “Ever-Vigilant in Prayer;” “We Hymn Thee”
- Tchaikovsky: (Cantata) “Nature and Love”
- Yukechev: “Chant”
- Sviridov: “Three Poems by Pushkin”
- Krylov: “Little Dawn”
- Taneev: “Sunrise”
- Blyaher: “Four Russian Folk Songs”
Hanna Golodinskii, Silvie Jensen, Eileen Bernstein, soloists
Michael Zeiger, piano
2008
February: Development of the Russian Sacred Concerto
- Anonymous, 17th c.: “Sacred Concerto: My Queen most Blessed”
- Bortnyansky: “Glory to God in the Highest”
- Tchaikovsky: “Psalm 103”
- Yegorov: “Gladsome Light”
- Schnittke: “Three Sacred Hymns”
- Rachmaninoff: “The Theotokos,” “Ever-Vigilant in Prayer;” “We Hymn Thee”
Sunset, Night, Sunrise
June 1, 2008
- Taneyev/Polonskii: “Posmotri Kakaya Mgla (Look, What a Mist)”
- Taneyev/Polonskii: “Vecher (Evening)”
- Taneyev/Polonskii: “Zvòzdy (Stars)”
- Taneyev/Tyutchev: “Voshod Solntsa (Sunrise)” arr. Zeiger
- Glinka/Kozlov: “Venetsianskaya Noch’ (Venetian Night)” arr. Zeiger
- Shebalin/Pushkin: “Zimn’aya Doroga (Winter Road)”
- Krylov/Grebensky: “Zor’ka (Sunrise)”
- Tchaikovsky/Ogaryov: “Na Son Gr’adushchii (Bedtime Prayer)” arr. Zeiger
- Mussorgsky/Golenischev-Kutuzov: “Videnie (A Vision)”
- Tchaikovsky/A.K. Tolstoy: “Usni, Pechal’nyi Drug (Sleep, My Doleful Friend)” arr. Zeiger
- Rachmaninoff/Yanov: “Utro (Morning)”
- Arensky/A. Fet: “Serenada (Serenade)”
- Arensky/A. Fet: “Ugasshim Zv’ozdam (To the Dying Stars)”
Stars of the Kirov in Celebration of Russia Day
June 12, 2008
Music by Tchaikovski, Glinka, Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Leoncavallo, Rachmaninoff, Mascagni, Taneyev
Vladimir Galouzine, Tenor
Elena Obraztsova, Mezzo-Soprano
Metodie Bujhor, Bass
Nataliya Timchenko, Soprano
The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
Winter Light
December 10 & 13, 2008
- “Tsaritse Moya Preblagaya” (My Queen Most Blessed) Anonymous, 17th century
- Dmitry Bortnyansky: “Slava vo vyshnih Bogu” (Glory to God in the Highest)
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: “Ninye Sily Nebesniya” (Now all the Powers of Heaven)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Tebe Poyem” (To Thee We Sing)
- Nikolai Golovanov: “Hristos Rajdayetsa” (Christ is Born)
- Nikolai Golovanov: “Tropar” (Troparion)
- Nikolai Golovanov: “Tainstvo Strannoye” (Wonderful Mystery)
- Nikolai Tolstiakov: “Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda” (Bless the Lord, O My Soul)
- Krzysztof Penderecki: “Heruvimskaya Pesn’ “(Cherubic Hymn)
- Alfred Schnittke: “Bogoroditse, Devo, Raduys’a” (Rejoice, O Virgin)
- Alfred Schnittke: “Gospodi Iisuse Khriste” (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God)
- Alfred Schnittke: “Otche Nash” (Our Father)
- John Tavener: “Svyati “(Holy)
Hanna Golodinskii, soprano
Adrian Daurov, cello
2007
May: Parallels and Crossings II, Music by Russian, Hungarian, Baltic, French, and American Composers
- Daniel E. Gawthrop (USA): Two Motets
- Bianca Maria Meda (Italy): Two Motets
- Askold Murov (Russia): Two Motets
- Sandor Szokolay (Hungary): Two Motets
- Georgy Sviridov (Russia): Three Poems by Pushkin
- Claude Debussy (France): Three Chansons
- Pauls Dambis (Latvia): Three Songs of the Sea
- Nikolai Kachanov (USA): Three Moods in Blue
November: Prokofiev, “Alexander Nevsky” with St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Joy and Radiance from Russia and Ukraine
December 9 & 11, 2007
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.
2006
January: Beethoven’s Ninth for South Asia
March: Parallels and Crossings I
- Tchaikovsky: “Let my Prayer Arise”
- Tchaikovsky: “Nature and Love”
- Yukechev: “Chant”
- Barber: “Adagio for Strings” (choral arr. by N. Kachanov)
- Sarah Dawson: “Possibility” (choral cycle with texts by Emily Dickenson)
- Shostakovich: “Antiformalist Rayok“
June: Médée by Cherubini (at Carnegie Hall)
With the Manhattan Philharmonic under Peter Tiboris
Jewels of Russian Liturgical Music
December 2 & 6, 2006
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
2005
March: Chaliapin and Rachmaninoff: A Celebration of their Friendship
- Alexander Gretchaninoff: Augmented Litany from “Liturgica Domestica”
Mikhail Svetlov, bass; Michael Zeiger, Piano - Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky” (American Premiere)
- Charles Gounod: “O Beauty, Do Not Sing to Me”
- Gioachino Rossini: Serenade from Faust
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: La Calunnia from The Barber of Seville
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cavatina and Final Scene from Aleko
Soloists: Nicole Pantos, Frank Barr, Carla Lopez-Speziale - Modest Musorgsky: Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
Soloist: Daniel Pincus - Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Spring (cantata)
April: Mahler, Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”)
Two performances with Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater:
Friday, April 1 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Wednesday April 6, at Carnegie Hall.
September: The Guggenheim Museum
As part of the celebration surrounding the opening of Russia!, the Museum’s comprehensive exhibit of Russian art throughout the ages.
December: Winter Celebration of Sacred and Folk Music
- Tsar Feodor Alexeyevich: Hymn of the Mother of God
- Anonymous, 17th c.: Christ Is Born, Extol Him
- Tavener: God is with Us (A Christmas Proclamation)
- Rachmaninoff: Kontakion for the Dormition of the Mother of God
- Tajcevic: Sing Him a New Song
- Dychko: Glory to the Father and the Son
- Kalistratov: Russian Concerto, a six-part choral cycle (folk song arrangements)
2004
Mystical Journey II
March 14, 2004
- Early Russian Linear Polyphony
- Partesny Concerto
- Znamenny and Gregorian Chants
- Palestrina: Rorate Caeli Desuper and De Profundis
- Lassus: Salve Regina
- Victoria: Vere Languores
Michael Zeiger, piano - Haieff: Holy Week (selection)
- Nicholas Roerich Kachanov: Benevolence (a choral cycle set to poetry)
- Kachanov: Reflections on Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan, for chorus, piano, synthesizers and trumpets
Michael Zeiger, piano
Agamemnon
June 16, 2004
- Sergei Taneyev: Agamemnon (concert version)
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
United States Premiere
featuring Olympia Dukakis and members of the Aquila Theatre Company
Manhattan Philharmonic
Peter Tiboris, conductor
July: The Veil of the Temple
Sir John Tavener’s groundbreaking all-night vigil, performed as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.
A Twentieth Anniversary Celebration
December 8, 2004
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
- Georgy Sviridov: Kursk Songs (cantata)
- Ukrainian Carols arr. Kachanov
- Folk Songs
Gulnara Mitzanova, mezzo soprano
Anton Belov, baritone
Michael Zeiger, piano
2003
February: Music and Dictatorship – Russia Under Stalin
A three-concert series and symposium, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy, at Carnegie Hall
May/June: A Mystical Journey
A journey from medieval sacred chant to the magic of music by Nikolai Kachanov that blends both Eastern and Western traditions and features harmonic singing.
- Early Slavonic and Latin Sacred Chants
- Early Russian Linear Polyphony
- Lassus: Salve Regina
- Palestrina: Rorate Caeli de Super
- Palestrina: De Profundis
- Bortnyansky: Sacred Choral Concerto
- Kachanov: Benevolence, a choral cycle
- Kachanov: Reflections on Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan
November: The Celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the City of St. Petersburg
- Chants from the time of Peter the Great for men’s voices
- Bortnyansky: Choral Concerto
- Tcherepnin: Psalm 103 (arrangement)
- Dargomyzhsky: Prayer
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden (selection)
- Mussorgsky: Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
- Stravinsky: Four Peasant Songs for women’s voices
- Stravinsky: How Mushroom Went to War
- Mussorgsky: Song of the Flea
- Glinka: Farlaph’s Rondo from Ruslan and Ludmila
- Shibanov: Ode in eight parts for a bass, two sopranos, wind orchestra and percussion
Nicole Pantos, soprano
Michail Svetlov, bass
Michael Zeiger, piano
2002
May: Moscow, New York, Jerusalem
A wish for peace from three cities: three world premieres
- From Moscow: New York Mass Efrem Podgaits
- From New York: Poet-Prophet Mikhail Zeiger
- From Jerusalem: Jerusalem Dreams Zakhar Blyakher
May: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
Performed with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra; Mark Laycock, conductor
Richardson Auditorium
Princeton University
68 Nassau Street
Princeton NJ
March: Liturgical Music of Alexei Haieff and Others
- Alexei Haieff: From Matins of Holy Week
- Alexei Haieff: Easter Procession Troparion
- Alexei Haieff: We Have Beheld the Resurrection
- Alexei Haieff: Easter Procession Troparion
- Alexei Haieff: Easter Stichirias
- Alexei Haieff: Easter Troparion
- Dmitry Bortnyansky: Cherubic Hymn
- Aleksei Turenkov: Exasposteilarion
- Metropolitan Philaret: “In the Flesh Thou Didst Fall Asleep”
- Aleksandr Archangelsky: “We Have Beheld the Resurrection”
- Aleksandr Nikolsky: The Anaphora
- Peter Tchaikovsky: “Let My Prayer Be Set Forth”
- Aleksandr Gretchaninoff: “Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord”
December: A Russian Christmas
- Rachmaninoff: Vespers (selections)
- Tchaikovsky: Vespers (selections)
- Chesnokov: Cherubic Hymn
- Kastalsky: Four Christmas Hymns
- Four Ukarainian Carols arr. Kachanov
- Shepherds of Bethlehem arr. Kastalsky
- Kolyada arr. Kalistratov
- Veniki (Brooms) arr. Rubtsov
- O Goodly Spirit arr. Leontovic
Nicole Pantos, soprano
Anatoli Panchoshny, bass
2001
January: The Spiritual Tchaikovsky
Part of the New Jersey Symphony’s series, “The Meanings of Tchaikovsky”
- Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
April: My Heart is Ready
- Yuri Yukechev: “My Heart is Ready,“ a cantata in eight parts
- Modest Mussorgsky: The Destruction of Sennacherib
- Modest Mussorgsky: Joshua of Nun (Iisus Navin)
- Tchaikovsky: Nature and Love, a cantata
- Rachmaninoff: Spring, a cantata
Michael Zeiger, piano
June: Liturgica Domestica (Gretchaninov)
Part of the “Bachanalia: Bach & Beyond Festival,” Nina Beilina, Founder and Artistic Director
December: All Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff)
The All-Night Vigil (“Vespers”) of Rachmaninoff, performed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and at Weill Recital Hall
Earlier Performances
2001
January 21: Re-Encountering Rachmaninoff (New Jersey Symphony, Voices of Rachmaninoff), Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
June 11: Carnegie Hall, Mikis Theodorakis, Electra, MidAmerica Productions
November 30: “Winter Celebration of Slavic Liturgical and Folk Music: Gretchaninoff, Stravinsky, Blyakher, Traditional” (also December 3 & 6)
1999
February 14: Elysium Chamber Music Series of Upper Montclair: Tavener, Hymn to Athena; Svyati
April 21: “New Sacred Music: Copytsko, Tavener, Pärt, Bajoras” (also May 2 & 5)
December 1, 4 & 5: Tchaikovsky, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
1998
May 27: Russian Giants of the 19th & 20th Centuries: Tchaikovsky and Sviridov
August 16: Bard Music Festival: Tchaikovsky and his World, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
1997
May 7: Concert at Harvard Club
June 14: American Russian Youth Orchestra, Tanglewood: Moscow, Coronation Cantata for Czar Alexander III
September 27: Concert at Simon’s Rock College of Bard
September 23: Carnegie Hall, “America Salutes Moscow” (Gala Celebration of the 850th Anniversary of the City of Moscow)
November 10: Carnegie Hall, “Moscow Virtuosi”
December 4, 14 & 15: “Festival of Sacred Song” (Kastalsky, Bortniansky, Tolstiakov, Nikolsky and others)
1996
December 12, 14 &19: Tchaikovsky, Vespers
1995
December 17: “By Special Request” : Favorite Selections from the Repertoire (Early Liturgical Chants and Choral Music by Russian Masters) (also Jan 17 & 19, 1996)
1994
December 18: “Ten Year Jubilee Concert” (also January 13 & 20, 1995)
May 20 & 26: “Early, Traditional and New Music by Slavic Composers”
1993
June 24: “Choral Music of Sergei Taneyev”
October 1: “Tracing the Development of Russian Liturgical Music”
October 9: Hofstra Cultural Center: “An Afternoon with Tchaikovsky”
October 24: Three Saints Music Society: “Gala Opening Concert in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Tchaikovsky and the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Rachmaninoff”
December 17 & 19: “Honoring the Memory of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff” (also January 9, 1994)
1992
May 3: St. Marks Music Series (Mt. Kisco): “Composers from the 12th through the 20th Centuries”
May 31: Ussachevsky Festival I (Cathedral of St. John the Divine)
June 7: Ussachevsky Festival II (Cathedral of St. John the Divine)
December 20: Tchaikovsky: Vespers
1991
March 5: Miller Theater: “An Evening of Music, Dance and Images” (Ussachevsky Psalm XXIV performed by RCCNY)
April 19: Manhattanville College: “Sacred, Classical and Folk Music”
April 28: Sunday Afternoon at the Temple: Congregation Emanu-El (Bortnyansky, Tchaikovsky, Ippolitov-Ivanov & Ussachevsky performed by RCCNY)
1990
December 19: Winter Garden: “Festival of Light and Sound”
June 28: “Russian Sacred Music of the 17-18th Centuries, and Contemporary Works”
1989
March 19: Cathedral of St. John the Divine: Alexei Haieff, Holy Week
May 3: “Russian Sacred Music and Choral Miniatures” (benefit for Nicholas Roerich Museum)
December 19: World Financial Center, Festival of Light and Sound, “Sacred Music of the 11th to 20th Centuries”
1988
May 8: McGill University, Montreal: “Millennium of Christianity in Russia”
May 28: “Russian Choral Music from the Early Centuries to the Present”
May 22: “Concert of Sacred Music Honoring 1000 Years of Christianity in Russia” (also Sept 17, Nov 6)
1987
May 28: “Russisan Choral Music from the Early Centuries to the Present”
May 31: Carnegie Hall: Tchaikovsky, Ode to Joy
October 14: Concert of Russian Choral Music, including Taneyev’s John of Damascus
November 1: Concert with the Rockland Suburban Symphony Orchestra
December 18: New York Open Center: “Excerpts from Ancient Vespers and Liturgy by Anonymous Composers of the 11th – 17th Century”
1986
April 20: “Benefit Concert of Russian Sacred Music” for Belltower Building Fund, Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY
April 22: Three Saints Russian Orthodox CHurch, Garfield, NJ: “Russian Sacred Music from the Early Centuries to the Present”
May 18: Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Mass.: “Russian Sacred Music from the Early Centuries to the Present”
1985
May 4: Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes, Washington D.C., “Russian Sacred Music from the Early Centuries to the Present”
