Dear Friends,
Our vocal ensemble "Soloists of St. Petersburg" consisting of six professional singers ( 3 female and 3 male ) from Russian Orthodox churches, choirs and opera companies addresses here to all lovers and to all experts of the Christian vocal tradition and of the Russian Orthodox church music and singing in all corners of the world.
We are trying to bring together friends of such historical art and culture by singing in ecumenical worships traditional liturgical Russian hymns like Gloria, Alleluia, Sanctus, Lord's prayer etc. using masterpieces of the famous Russian composers such as P.Tchaikovsky, S.Rahmaninov, D.Bortniansky and others.
Our concerts last about one hour (in case of two-part concerts one and a half hours including a short interval). The first part of our concert consists of Russian Orthodox sacred music, the second part is Russian folk songs.
In spite of the fact that our audience can not always understand Russian the people are frequently moved by the beauty of the melodies.
We have already achieved our success in various countries as Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the U.K.
In Spring 2001 and in Autumn 2001 we are planing to visit Great Britain again and we should be grateful for your kind assistance in promoting this initiative in the U.K.
In every case of interest please get in touch with us. We are waiting for your kind request and remain always at your service.
All participants of "Soloists
of St. Petersburg"
The conductor Olga Dubonos and
The project manager Natalie Aksuticheva.
"SOLOISTS OF ST.PETERSBURG"
Russia, 190068, St.Petersburg, ul.Glinky, 6-43
Telephone+Facsimile 007-812-3142222.
E-mail: dubonos@bluemail.ch
REPERTOIRE:
SACRED MUSIK
Let God Arise.( [Da voskresnet Bog])- music by Dimitry Bortnjansky
Lord, Save The Faithful, and The Trisagion.( Gospodi, spasi blagochestivija)- Konstantin Shvedov
Praise The Lord, O My Soul.( Blagoslovi, dusha moja, Gospoda)-Michael Ippolitov-Ivanov
We Prais You.( Chto tja narechem)- Pavel Tchesnokov
To Thee We Sing( Tebe poem)- Sergei Rahma ninov
Hail Mary( Bogorodize devo, radujsa )- Sergey Rahmaninov
Why Did You Forsake Me, My Lord? ( Vskuju mja otrinul jesi)- Pavel Tchesnokov
To the mystic feast, Son of God, invite me as a guest. (Vecheri tvoeja tainija)-Alexei Lvov
In Thy Kingdom Remember Us, O Lord.( Vo zarstvii tvoem)- Dobry Christov
Let My Prayer Rise To Thee( Da ispravitsja molitva moja)- Al. Lvov
Glory be to the Fater and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shell be, world without end.( SlavaJedinorodnj sine)- Alexandr Kopilov
Lord, now lettest thou( Nine otpuschaeshi)- P. Tchesnokov
Cherubic Hymn( Heruvimskaja pesn)- A. Lvov
The Good Tidings(Sovet prevechnij ).- Pavel Tschesnokov
The Lord's Preyer( Otche nash)- Piotr Tchaikovsky
It is truly meet. Hymn to the Mother of God( Dostoino est)- P. Tchesnokov
To Your Holy Image(Prechistomu tvoemu obrazu)- Alexei Lvov
Blessed is the Man( Blazhen muzh)- P. Chesnokov
Christ is Risen(Hristos voskrese)- Piotr Grebenschikov
Great Doxology(An Excerpt) (Velikoe slavoslovie)- Strumsky
In thy Kingdom Remember Us, O Lord(Vo zarstvii tvoem)- P. Tchesnokov
Let My Prayer Rise To Thee( Da ispravitsja molitva moja)- P. Tchesnokov
The Lord Looks from Heaven upon the Helpless.(S vishnih preziraja)- A. Arhangelsky
It is Truly Meet(Dostojno est)- P. Tchesnokov
The Lord's Preyer( Otche nash)-Piotr Grebenschikov
The Lord's Preyer( Otche nash)-Dubensky
Come to Me(Priidite ko mne)- Tolstakov
Ecteny. Lord, Have Mercy(Ektenja. Gospody pomiluj)- Dikin
I Lift Up My Eyes(Na nebo ochi moi)- music anon
Let Us Climb the Mountain of the Lord(Priidite vzidem na goru Gospodnu)- Diz
Alleluia!- Stepanov
Joyful Light( Svete tihii)- Evstafy Azeev
The Creed(Simvol very)-Alexandr Grechaninov)
The Angel Exclaimed(Angel vopijashe)- P. Tchesnokov
To Thee We Sing( Tebe poem)- P. Tchesnokov
Psalm 102 Tretiakov
To the mystic feast, Son of God, invite me as a guest. (Vecheri tvoeja tainija)- P. Tchesnokov
Cherubic Hymn( Heruvimskaja pesn)- N. Bahmetov
Lord, now lettest thou( Nine otpuschaeshi)- Grigory Davidovsky
Confess to the God( Ispovedajtesa)- music anon
Praise The Name of God( Hvalite imja gospodne)- Nadezhda Kolisnichenko
4-voices concert "Give me words for praying, O Lord!"(Glagoly moja vnushi, Gospodi)- Alexei Lvov
Concert ?16 "We praise you, O Lord!"(Tebe, Boga hvalim)- Dimitry Bortnjansky
etc.
RUSSIUN FOLK SONGS
1.The berry in the Field is Now Ripe.( V pole jagoda sozrela)
An old Russian custom of fortune-telling.
2.The garden at the hill.( Sad po gore)
A wedding song. I do not need expensive gifts I need only my beloved.
3.The Mist Has Covered All.(Uzh kak pal tuman)
A nostalgic song on the ways of human fate.
4.As Young, Young Woman I Was There( Kak menja mladu- mladeshenku)
The song about joyful family life.
5.I was born as(Urodilas ja)
I am nice and hardworking but nobody wants to marry me because of my poor clothes.
6.Tanja Tanjusha (Tanja Tanjusha).
Tanja was such a good dancer in a round dance that even the governor's son fell in love with her.
7.My Little River( Ti reka li moja rechenca)
Russia is a country of small and big rivers. The river is very often personalized and referred to as a mother or sister, or friend.
8.From Under a Stone( Is-pod kamushka)
The local boys are trying to attract the village beauties.
9.Do not Blame Me.I Have Given Everything to Him(Ne Korite menja)
All I had I have given to him.All in vain.Please, forgive me.So sings a young lady about her misfortune in love.
10.On the Hill, On the Mountain(Na gorushke, na gore)
This song usually can be heard by a meeting of the village youth.
11.I Depart Alone to the Road.(Vihozhu odin ja na dorogu)
12.Besoms( Veniki)
A humorous folk song on domestic family life.
13.My Dear Friend Said to Me(Govoril-to mne)
A love song.
14.The Old Man(Starichok)
It is a kind of joke telling us the fate of the reach old man and the changing mind of the young beauty.
15.Little Road(Dorozhenka)
You, my dear little road, are long and difficult.
16.Twelve Robbers(Dvenadzat razboinikov)
There was a robber Kudeyar who was a leader of a gang and through his misdeeds
Brought much evil to the people. But later he repented and left for a monastery. He became a monk. We hear this songs as a legend from an old monc and learn at the end that the singer himself used to be Kudeyar.
17.It is high time, lads. Stop drinking. Make your own beer now!(Polno, polno vam , rebjata)
18.Those Evening Bells(Vecherny zvon)-words by Thomas Moore
The youth comes to the end and than life comes to the end. Only bells can be heard as before.
19.A little winter.(Zimushka)
20. Why Should I Be Unhappy?(Chto mne zhit i tuzhit?)
Where are you, my dear friend? I will fly like a beard to find you in a far-away.
21.Above Fields(Nad poljami).
22.You, My Soul(Ah ti dushechka)
23.The Damsel walked through the Garden(Devka po sadu hodila).
24.It's No Credit to Seat at Home for a Young Fellow(Oy, chest ly to molodzu)
25.I Was in the Garden(Ja v sadochke bila)
26.The Lullaby( Kolibelnaja)
27.The Landed Proprietress.Old Russian Country Dance.(Barinja)
etc.
"Spring 2001 - Concert"... dates so far...
21st April - Saint Giles' Exhall,Bedworth;
28th, 29th April - Earl Shilton Parish Church Leicester
(28th April-concert,29th April- we'll take part in Sunday Eucharist);
2nd May - Red Hall Methodist Church, Audenshaw near Manchester;
4th May - Ightenhill Methodist Church, Burnley;
5th May -Methodist Church, Blackburn;
11th May - Methodist Church, Farnham,Surrey
12th,13th May - St. Mary's Parish Church, Moseley, Birmingham
(12th
May-concert,13th May- Sunday Morning Eucharist),
16th May - St Martin's,Bedford
17th May - Aylesbury Methodist Church, Aylesbury
20th + 21st May - Tuckingmill, nr Camborne, Cornwall
24th + 25th May - The main church at Glastonbury, another
venues dates are talking about due to locations and wishes: Halessowen,Ellesmere
Port,King's Lynn,Marford,Lincoln, Wrexham (8 or 9th May)
North Wales; Abertillery,Newport South Wales; Maidstone, Dover,Canterbury
Kent; Swainswick & Woolley outside the
city of Bath,Exeter,Oxford (St. Swithun's Kennington) ,London
etc.