Prayer for Ukraine

April 9, 2022 at 2:39 am

On Saturday, April 9, at 19.00 in the Riga Dome Cathedral the Riga Orthodox Chamber Choir "Blagovest", the men's chamber choir "Logos", the youth chamber choir "Accolada", and organist Larisa Bulava will join together in a prayer for Ukraine and peace in the world.

Entrance to the concert by free invitations that are available at the Riga Dome Cathedral box office or by e-mail to [email protected] .

The live broadcast of the concert will be available on https://www.facebook.com/Blagovest.Riga and the YouTube account of the Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council

The concert "Prayer for Ukraine" is supported by the Riga City Council, it is organized by the Riga Culture and Folk Art Center “Small Guild” in cooperation with the foundation “Sing Latvia”.

The concert program performed by the choir "Blagovest" will feature pearls of Orthodox music: works by classics Alexander Arkhangelsky, Alexander Grechaninov and Sergei Rachmaninov, as well as contemporary authors Georgs Pelecis and Andrei Mikita. The choir will also sing the traditional composition of the Great Lent or Passion time "Open to Me the Doors of Repentance" by Ukrainian composer Artemy Vedel, as well as for the first time - parts of the composition "Eternal Light" for choir and organ by Pēteris Butāns.

"Hear, O Lord, my words, consider my groaning..."