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Russian Liturgical Music |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 16 min |
| Event Type: Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
Larry Jackson introduces three works of liturgical music by three different Russian composers, Tchaikovsky, Grechaninov and Kalinnikov. Performers include the Russian Orthodox Cathedral Choir of Paris, the Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Choir, also of Paris, and the St. John’s of Damascus Choir of Essen Germany. First broadcast on July 31, 1969, this program brings the unadorned majesty of the Russian Orthodox liturgy out of the church and directly into your home. Anyone interested in choral music will find the examples heard here to be both beautiful and inspiring. |
| Musical Selections: |
O Come Let Us Worship / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky -- Blessed Are / Vasiliĭ Sergeevich Kalinnikov -- I Believe / Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov |
| Performers: |
Russian Orthodox Choir of Paris (Let Us Worship)
Piotr V. Spassky, conductor (Let Us Worship)
St. John’s of Damascus Choir of Essen Germany (Blessed Are ; I Believe) |
| Genre: |
Classical Music |
| Subject: |
19th century classical; 20th century classical; Music -- Russia; Composers -- Russia; Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied |
| People: |
Jackson, Larry ; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893; Kalinnikov, Vasiliĭ Sergeevich, 1866-1901; Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956; Spassky, Piotr V. |
| Recording Date: |
7/31/1969 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
7/31/1969 |
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