Honored Academic Choir staff and faculty of the Stavropol State Agrarian University directed by Honored Artist of Russia V.I. Korotkov took part in the Christmas choir convocation.
The largest festival of sacred music was held in the days of Christmastide in the Kazan Cathedral in Stavropol. Our team the first time participated in the event, however, received positive reviews from both the audience and the participants of the festival. All in all it participated 12 secular and religious groups, among which were the choirs of churches from Stavropol, Stavropol Theological Seminary, Regent School, Stavropol Philharmonic Orchestra, an ensemble of spiritual music "Zlatoust" from Sochi.
Christmas Choir Convocation was led by Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk. Festival of Sacred Music takes place twice a year - at Christmas and Easter. Council members sang liturgical works by Russian composers Christmas carols and works of spiritual and moral themes.
Metropolitan Kirill handed over to the Rector of SSAU V.I. Trukhachev letter of gratitude and thanked the choristers of Agrarian University for a beautiful celebration of sacred music.
Church singing art for centuries has been very close Russian man. Orthodox prayers were sung not only in churches and monasteries, but also in the household. In the XVIII century Russian music culture has undergone great changes, to adopt a new style and a new musical-choral form. One of the genres, a relatively new form, but naturally fit into the Orthodox cultural tradition, was the spiritual concert. It is a genre of spiritual concert associated with the names of famous Russian composers: D.S. Bortniansky, M.S. Berezovsky, A.L. Vedel and others.
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12.01.2016
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