Gnesinka Celebrates the Jubilee of Elena Fabianovna Abroad
On November 9, the Russian House in Brussels invites you to a festive concert by the contemporary choral music ensemble «Altro Coro» under the direction of Alexander Ryzhinsky. The concert will be dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Elena Fabianovna Gnesina, as well as Unity Day and the anniversary of the Russian House in Brussels.
The ensemble will perform a program titled “Masterpieces of Russian Sacred Music: from Mikhail Glinka to Alfred Schnittke”. The works of Mikhail Glinka, Pavel Chesnokov, Viktor Kalinnikov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky will be performed. The audience will also hear spiritual verses and folk melodies. The highlight of the evening will be excerpts from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil.
About «Altro Coro»: The contemporary choral music ensemble «Altro Coro» is a student group from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. The ensemble is the winner of nine international competitions. The artistic director of the ensemble, Alexandr Ryzhinskii, is the rector of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, a laureate of the Russian Government Prize, Doctor of Art Studies, and professor. One of the main missions of the ensemble is to promote rarely performed or unknown choral and vocal-ensemble works. The group regularly participates in various music festivals and gives concerts in different cities across Russia and abroad.
Concert programme “Masterpieces of Russian Sacred Music: From Mikhail Glinka to Alfred Schnittke”
Gnessin ensemble of contemporary choral music “Altro coro”
Artistic director and chief conductor – Alexandr Ryzhinskii
Main choirmaster – Denis Morozov
Choirmaster – Maximilian Chikhachev
Mikhail Glinka “Cherubic Hymn”
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov «Ascension of the Lord»
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Two fragments of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
“We’ll sing for you”
“It’s worth eating”
Sergei Rachmaninov “Only Begotten Son” from the “Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom”
Pavel Chesnokov Two choirs from the cycle “In the days of battle”
“Oh, sweet and all-generous Jesus”
“An insurmountable wall for you”
Pavel Chesnokov “You have accomplished salvation”
Alexander Kastalsky “Now lettest thou thy servant depart”
Victor Kalinnikov “Quiet Light”
Victor Kalinnikov “Now lettest thou thy servant depart”
Victor Kalinnikov “Where shall I go from Thy Spirit”
Sergei Rachmaninov One fragment from the “All-night Vigil” “Hail Mary”
Nikolay Golovanov “Under Your Grace”
Nikolay Golovanov “Our Father”
Georgy Sviridov “The Magnification of the Most Holy Theotokos”
Rodion Shchedrin “Hallowed be Thy Name” from the Russian liturgy “The Sealed Angel”
Three Russian folk songs arranged by A. Sveshnikov
“Every hour and on the hour”
“Oh, My Green Garden”
“In the Dark Forest”
Russian folk song arranged by V. Kalistratov “A girl walked in the garden”
Russian folk song arranged by A. Larin “Trubushku trubjat”
Soloist: Anastasia Mashkovskaya (soprano)
Valery Gavrilin “Evening Music” from the symphony-action “Perezvony”
Soloist: Anastasia Mashkovskaya (soprano)
Alfred Schnittke “Our Father” from the cycle “Three Choirs”
About Gnesina and Gnesinka: Elena Fabianovna Gnesina was an outstanding pianist and educator, one of the founders of the modern three-level music education system in Russia (school – college – university), and the founder of educational institutions bearing the Gnesin family name. A graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, Elena Gnesina, at the age of 20, founded a music college with her sisters, becoming its permanent leader. Thanks to decades of dedicated work by the Gnesin family, a small private school grew into a family of institutions that now bear and glorify the Gnesin name: the Gnesin Moscow Children’s Music School, the Gnesin Music College, the Gnesin Moscow Secondary Special Music School (College), and the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.
The Academy building houses the only museum-apartment in Russia located within an educational institution, telling the story of Elena Fabianovna and other members of the Gnesin family. Every first-year student of Gnesinka goes through a dedication ritual as they cross the threshold of the museum-apartment.
On April 11, 2016, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music was recognized as a particularly valuable cultural heritage site of the peoples of the Russian Federation.
Many music specialties that exist in Russian education were first introduced at the Gnesin institutions. Currently, the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music offers all specialties and fields of study related to music.
