The Unorthodox Tradition

 

Alfred Schnittke
– Three Sacred Hymns

 
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
– Excerpts from cycle 9 Sacred Choruses:
      Cherubic Hymn, No 3
Blessed Are They, Whom Thou Hast Chosen, No 7
Now the Powers of Heaven, No 9

 
Sergei Rachmaninov
– The Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer
– Excerpts from the All-Night Vigil, Op 37
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord, No 11
Praise the Name of the Lord, No 8

 

 

Intermission

 

 

Alfred Schnittke
– Excerpts from the 12 Penitential Verses:
      O My Soul, Why Art Thou Unafraid?, No 7
Who Do I Live In Poverty, No 3
O Man, Damned and Wretched, No 5

 
Sergei Rachmaninov
– Excerpt from the All-Night Vigil, Op 37
      Rejoice, O Virgin, No 6

 
Georgi Sviridov
– Inexpressible Miracle

 
Sergei Rachmaninov
– We Hymn Thee, No 12 (from Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 31)

 

 

 

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Conductor Kaspars Putninš

 

 

Presenter:  University Musical Society of the University of Michigan