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The Monastic Choir of St. Elisabeth Convent Will Have Charity Concerts in Germany and the UK


The Monastic Choir of St. Elisabeth Convent will perform in Berlin on September 21 during the opening ceremony of From Heart To Heart Festival organised by St. Elisabeth Convent. After that, the Choir will travel to the United Kingdom where it will have concerts on September 22 – 28.

The sisters will sing not only during concerts but also during worship in several Orthodox parishes in London. A concert in Canterbury will mark the end of their tour.

All concerts of the Monastic Choir of St. Elisabeth Convent will consist of two parts: worship chants and spiritual songs (canticles).

Some of the chants included in the programme are taken from the repertoire of the Festive Choir of St. Elisabeth Convent conducted by Nun Juliania (Denisova). Nun Juliania adapted these chants for the Monastic Choir.

Programme:

Part One. Worship Chants

1) Trisagion (Strochnoe)

2) It Is Truly Meet (Macedonian chant)

3) Cherubic Hymn (music by Sergey Trubachev)

4) O Most Praised Mother!

5) My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (Byzantine chant)

6) Irmoses I Shall Open My Mouth (music by Chesnokov)

7) Irmoses of Canon, tone 6, When the Israelites Crosses the Abyss (music by Nun Juliania (Denisova))



Part Two. Spiritual Songs and Canticles

1) Glory to God for All Things (treatment by Nun Juliania (Denisova))

2) Down God’s Mountain (traditional canticle)

3) In the Night Garden.

4) What Does the Motherland Begin With? (lyrics by Archpriest Artemius Vladimirov)

5) French Christmas Carol (treatment by Nun Juliania (Denisova))

6) Kupalinka (Belarusian folk song)

7) Grant, O God (lyrics and music by an anonymous Russian monk, written in the 1990s)

8) When Jesus Christ Was Yet a Child (music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, lyrics by A. Pleshcheyev, treatment by Nun Juliania (Denisova))

9) Protect O Lord (lyrics by Archpriest Andrei Logvinov, music by Nun Juliania (Denisova))

10) You Simply Have to Love (lyrics by Archpriest Andrei Logvinov, music by Nun Juliania (Denisova))


11) Many Years!



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