Thursday, July 18, 2013

BG and Andrew Mikita wrote: "Seven Songs of God"

Poet and musician Boris Grebenshikov and composer Andrei Mikita created oratorio "Seven Songs of God" for soloists, several choirs (over 100 people) and a symphony orchestra. "In the performance of the oratorio parties: Russian National Orchestra, Russian State Academic Choir of the Sveshnikov Moscow Synodal Choir, Choir of Athos" Filafonite "soloists Naira Asatryan and Stanislav Bridge" - told RIA Novosti, the artistic director of the project, the conductor, was honored by of Russia Alexei Puzakov. The premiere will take place 20th November 2012. By 19 clock in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory "Seven Songs of God" - is the story of modern man in search of his identity, purpose of life, the story of the search for faith and understanding of the truth. The composition of the oratorio contains songs Grebenshikov "God knows better", "Promised Day," "Silver of my Lord", "One More Time", "Falcon", "Dubrovsky", "day of joy." Mikita processes they reveal in the genre of oratorio, the continuity of the musical and literary creativity of the author in the historical perspective of art as a means of expression and prayer. "The purpose of the project - to extend classical music lovers form an array of Russian musical identity, which can manifest in various forms of expression, but it has a single root This is an attempt crystallization of cultural and historical community called." Russian World "-. Said Puzakov He said the pilot release of" Falcon "in the oratorio version has collected about 40,000 hits on the internet, that classical music is a very good result. Boris Grebenshikov Journey to Mount Athos and its active participation in church and charitable work in Greece and Russia assemble and long-term work of Andrei Mikita in the sacred music of the project must be approved by the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church. Oratorio genre formed in the XVII century. "Use it for the modern project a deep and imaginative religious poetry Grebenshikov his heartfelt musical themes that are understandable to the public and with roots in intonations of Russian romanticism, the edge of the Petrine era, and, as it turned out during the work - mark chant "- said the artistic director of the project identified by the composer him Mikita, include the latest discovery, a score of artists with the old tradition of singing must -. Byzantine choir of Mount Athos "The result is a mixture of old and modern musical techniques over four centuries of the genre's development." - Added Puzakov.

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