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GREAT LENT CHANTS

April 9, 2022 at 4:10 am
Riga Orthodox Chamber Choir "BLAGOVEST" and conductor Aleksandrs Brandavs invite to the annual concert of the Great Lent Chants in the Concert Hall "Ave Sol" on Sunday, April 10 at 18:00.

Tickets are available at the sales points of “Biļešu paradize".

As always, the program of the Great Lent concert will commence with Artemy Vedel's “Pokayaniya otverzi mi dveri” (Open to Me the Doors of Repentance), a composition that is sung only during the Great Lent and that expresses the essence of all human emotions during the Great Lent.

The concert program will feature compositions by Alexander Arkhangelsky, Alexander Grechaninov, Pavel Chesnokov, Arvo Part, Georgs Pelēcis. For the first time, BLAGOVEST will perform the works of Andrey Mikita, as well as the incredibly expressive composition of the famous Latvian composer Arturs Maskats "Na Strastnoy (In Holy Week)", inspired by the poetry of Boris Pasternak and filled with "the miracle of the resurrection, its strength and power".

The chants of Great Lent are unusually beautiful, mournful and touching, but most importantly - they give hope. 

Do not miss!



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About the choir

Riga Orthodox Chamber Choir BLAGOVEST from Latvia was founded in 1990 with an aim to popularize forgotten treasures of Russian sacred music, which makes the most part of the choir's repertoire. 

The choir has wide range of interests: from monophonic neumatic chants, called znamenniy raspev, based on Byzantine church music up to contemporary composers’ quests of spirituality. Various secular compositions of outstanding Russian, Latvian, and Western composers are included in the choir's repertoire as well. Read more

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