Concert today

My choir RCCNY will give the first of two concerts today. We will perform at Saint Ignatius of Antioch, which is a really cool little Anglican church on west 87th street.

Here is the program. In this program we span the earliest written chants to late 20th century compositions.

First Half

• Velichanie Rojdestvu: A sort of plainchant, russian style. After the first time through we harmonize more progressively each time. Men's voices only. Composer unkown.
  
• Nyne otposh'ayeshi: A very traditional russian-orthodox four part chant (don't know what these are officially known as). Men's voices only. Composer unknown.
  
• Rojdestvenskiy concert: Strokin (?-1887). This means "Christmas concert" and is a beautiful four-part piece for all voices.
  
• Let My Prayer Arise: Famous Bass solo with choir accompaniment by Chesnokov (1877-1944)
  
• Milost' Mira: A Mercy of Peace, Alexandr Yegorov (1864 - 1956).
  
• Svete Tikhiy: Quiet Light. Alexandr Yegorov. These pieces are amazing and tuning them is a joy. All voices, typically 6-7 parts.
  

Second Half

• Slava vo vyshnih Bogu: Glory to God in the Highest. Bortnyansky (1751-1825). a boroque style concerto for two mixed choirs 4 parts each. This is a paired down group of 16, not all of us will sing.
  
• Cherubic Hymn: Grechaninov (1864-1956). Just amazingly beautiful and simple. Mostly four parts.
  
• Four Ukranian Carols: The name speaks for itself.
  
• Aliluya: Modern Ukranian composer Skripnik (living). Mix between sacred traditional and gospel.
  
• Sh'edrik: Known as "Carol of the Bells" in the west, but actually is about a little Ukranian bird :)