June 1 & 5, 2008

Sunset, Night, Sunrise
Choral Miniatures and Romances

Many Russian poets, including Pushkin, Tyutchev, A.K. Tolstoy, and Fet, strove to express the charm of sunset, moon, night, and sunrise in their writings. The Sunset, Night, Sunrise program features Russian composers who were inspired by poetic images such as nature and love; moon and melancholy; night and soul; and stars and dreams carried special inspiration for Russian composers of the Romantic period. Night, above all, was a favorite theme in Russian Romanticism, revealing in its image the spirit of legendary Russian melancholy. This theme is featured prominently in the music we will perform.

Program:

Posmotri Kakaya Mgla (Look, What a Mist)	Taneyev/Polonskii
Vecher (Evening)	Taneyev/Polonskii
Zv’ozdy (Stars)	Taneyev/Polonskii
Voshod Solntsa (Sunrise)	Taneyev (arr. Zeiger)/Tyutchev
Venetsianskaya Noch’ (Venetian Night)	Glinka (arr. Zeiger)/Kozlov
Zimn’aya Doroga/(Winter Road)	Shebalin/Pushkin
Zor’ka (Sunrise)	Krylov (Grebensky)
Na Son Gr’adushchii (Bedtime Prayer)	Tchaikovsky (arr. Zeiger) Ogaryov
Videnie (A Vision)	Mussorgsky/Golenischev-Kutuzov
Usni, Pechal'nyi Drug (Sleep, my Doleful Friend)	Tchaikovsky (arr. Zeiger)/A.K. Tolstoy
Utro/ Morning	Rachmaninoff/Yanov
Serenada (Serenade) Ugasshim Zv’ozdam (To the Dying Stars)	Arensky/A. Fet

Featured soloists:
Hanna Golodinskii, soprano (bio)
Alexander Kisselev, bass (bio)
Michael Zeiger, piano (bio)
Adrian Daurov, cello (bio)

St. Joseph's Church in the Village
Sunday, June 1, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
map and directions.

Weill Recital Hall (at Carnegie Hall)
Thursday, June 5, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Ticket Information

Program Notes | Concert Flyler

For more ticket information call 212-928-1402

This program is supported, in part, by
public funds for the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York State Council on the Arts

FEBRUARY, 2008 Development of the Russian Sacred Concerto Sacred Music in a Sacred Space series St. Ignatius Loyola Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Sacred Concerto: My Queen most Blessed, Anon. 17th c. Bortnyansky, Glory to God in the Highest Tchaikovsky, Psalm 103 Yegorov, Gladsome Light Schnittke, Rejoice O Virgin; Lord Jesus Christ; Our Father Rachmaninoff, The Theotokos, Ever Vigilant in Prayer and We Hymn Thee

DECEMBER, 2007

A rare opportunity to hear 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. Read Program Notes

Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch
552 West End Avenue (at 87th St.)
Sunday, December 9, 3:00 p.m.

St. Joseph's Church
371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER, 2007

MAY, 2007

PARALLELS AND CROSSINGS II: MUSIC BY RUSSIAN, HUNGARIAN, BALTIC, FRENCH AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS

Two Motets, Daniel E. Gawthrop (USA)
Two Motets, Bianca Maria Meda (Italy)
Two Motets, Askold Murov (Russia)
Two Motets, Sandor Szokolay (Hungary)

Three Poems by Pushkin, Georgy Sviridov (Russia)
Three Chansons, Claude Debussy (France)
Three Songs of the Sea, Pauls Dambis (Latvia)
Three Moods in Blue, Nikolai Kachanov (USA)

Wednesday, May 9, 8:00 p.m.
St. Joseph's Church
371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)

Saturday, May 12, 3:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
213 West 82nd St. (between Amsterdam Ave. & Broadway)

This program is supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York State Council on the Arts

DECEMBER, 2006