Listen to Eastern Voices on this New Sounds Program. There’s music from Ukranian composer Valentin Silvestrov inspired by the liturgical chant of the Russian Orthodox Church where only voices are allowed. Silvestrov uses voice and chorus to create bell-like effects, which happens to be the exact thing that Estonian composer Arvo Part’s known for - tintinnabuli. We’ll hear works by Part as well. Also, from the late Russian (half German, half Jewish) Alfred Schnittke, hear more works based on Eastern Orthodox Chant – Schnittke’s Psalms of Repentance. In them, he weaves the old and the new with polystylistic flair, which suggests the melodic and rhythmic inflection of Russian liturgical chant but bears little or no musical resemblance to the ancient forms. Plus, music from Anton Batagov built on Tibetan Buddhist chant. And more.
PROGRAM # 3065, Eastern Voices (First aired on 4/20/2010)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Valentin Silvestrov Kiev Chamber Choir / Mykola Hobdych |
Sacred Works |
Liturgical Chants: Litany [7:47] |
ECM 2117 |
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Alfred Schnittke Tõnu Kaljuste Swedish Radio Choir |
Psalms of Repentance |
Schnittke: Psalm 2 [5:05] |
ECM 1583 |
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Valentin Silvestrov Kiev Chamber Choir / Mykola Hobdych |
Sacred Works |
Liturgical Chants: Dithyrambic Song [1:27] |
See above. |
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Arvo Pärt / Cappella Breda |
Magnificat Antiphonen |
O Weisheit (O Wisdom) [1:46] O Adonai [2:31] |
Erasmus WVH054 Out of print. The piece was later reissued on Regis #1003. |
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Russian Chamber Chorus of New York / Nicolai Kachanov |
My Heart is Ready |
Yuri Yukechev: Chant [3:50] |
Helicon 1005 |
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Alfred Schnittke Tõnu Kaljuste Swedish Radio Choir |
Psalms of Repentance |
Schnittke: Psalm 12 [8:25] |
See above. |
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Russian Chamber Chorus of New York / Nicolai Kachanov |
Private recording |
Nicolai Kachanov: Trails, from “Benevolence” [1:50] |
Not commercially available. |
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Anton Batagov, Yeshe Lodoi Rinpoche and Geshe Lharamba Tenzin |
Lamrim – A Prayer to the Lineage Gurus |
Lamrim – A Prayer to the Lineage Gurus: Requesting the Lamrim Lineage Gurus to bestow their blessing [12:57] |
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Comments [1]
Wonderful show. I appreciate the Russian theme, especially during these celebratory 40 days of Easter. As a Russian Orthodox myself, I was delighted to hear a new world of contemporary liturgical sounds. Minor correction: chiusa in Italian is pronounced kiusa. Xristos Vaskrese! As we say in Russian. Christ is Risen!
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