A RUSSIAN EASTER VIGIL

10:30pm Saturday 11 April, 2009
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
Melbourne Recital Centre
31 Sturt Street, Southbank

Part of festival Walk to the Field of Stars – A Musical Pilgrimage

MELBOURNE CAPPELLA CHOIR
Directed by NICHOLAS COWALL

With Special Guest
PROTODEACON NICHOLAS TRIANTAFILLIDIS

“The Festival has been designed not so much as a festival of sacred music from around the world, but as an opportunity for us all to walk the narrative of darkness to light.”
- David Barmby, Artistic Administrator Melbourne Recital Centre

The Russian Easter Vigil will take the audience on a musical journey starting with the preparatory penitential weeks before Great Lent, through the 40 days of Lent to the festive and joyous music of Easter.

In the one-thousand-year history of Christian Russia, choral music and bell ringing has played a prominent role in the rich cultural fabric of Russia’s major religion Orthodoxy. Russian composers from Mussorgsky to Rachmaninov have had a fascination with bells and have Incorporated their rhythmic interplay into their sacred compositions.

This unique late evening performance will be accompanied by a multimedia presentation and lighting themes by Dr Allan Chawner, Associate Professor and senior lecturer in Photomedia at the University of Newcastle to create a sense of place and occasion in an intimate concert setting. A free pre-concert talk will be given by Artistic Administrator David Barmby 45 minutes before the performance.


A res $60 ($50 conc) B res $50 ($40 conc)
75 mins (no interval)
9:45pm – Free Pre-Concert Talk

For more information and bookings go to www.melbournerecital.com.au or call the Box Office on 03 9699 3333
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