[HANASHIR:8877] Did Musorgsky love Jewish Music?

[shirona <shirona...>]

For all music lovers...

Find out about this amazing choir, and a rare program.  Details below. 

And for those who were pondering the Jewish-Musorgsky connection - - -

Shirona



> Dear Concert-Goer,
> 
> Please come this Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday
> to hear one of these unique concerts by the Russian
> Chamber Chorus of New York, Nikolai Kachanov,
> Artistic Director.* For more info, please visit
> http://rccny.org
> 
> And send this e-mail to an interested friend.
> 
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> RUSSIAN CANTATAS, including rarely-performed gems
> by several of Russia's beloved composers, master-
> pieces little known in America. Come hear choral
> music by Musorgsky, inspired in part by Hasidic
> and other Jewish melodies.
> 
> Emotionally powerful, all of these pieces are
> permeated with hues from the celebrated Russian
> harmonic palette. A rare opportunity!
> 
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> 
> The Program:
> 
> Yuri Yukechev, My Heart Is Ready
> Peter Tchaikovsky, Nature And Love
> Modest Musorgsky, The Destruction
>   of Sennaherib, and Joshua Of Nun
> Sergei Rachmaninoff, Spring
> 
> Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
> Nikolai Kachanov, Artistic Director
> Vagarshak Oganyan, bass
> Michael Zeiger, piano
> 
> to be performed April 21, 26, 28
> and 29, 2001 at four locations:
> 
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> 
> Thursday, April 26, 2001 7:30 pm
> Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
> Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, NYC
> for advance tickets, call 718-445-5799
> Cathedral Box Office, call 212-662-2133
> Ticket price at the door: $20, $15 students/senior
> Advance tix price: $18, $12 students/senior
> for additional information, call 212-928-1402
> 
> Saturday, April 28, 2001 at 8:00 pm
> Catholic Center at New York University
> 58 Washington Square South (take an ABCDEF or Q
> train to the West 4th Street station, exit to
> 4th Street and go east to 58 Washington Square
> South, corner of Thompson Street)
> Ticket price: $18, $12 students/senior
> Advance tix price: $16, $10 students/senior
> For advance tickets, call 718-445-5799
> or visit http://rccny.org
> For additional information, call 212-928-1402
> 
> Sunday, April 29, 2001 3:00 pm
> Bendheim Performing Arts Center
> Scarsdale, NY
> for tickets, call the box office,
> 914-472-3300 x403
> 
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> 
> AND ANOTHER unique BROADCAST concert in May!
> 
> Wednesday, May 9, 2001 8:00 pm
> World Festival of Sacred Music
> 
> Music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff,
> in a program with Jewish, Buddhist,
> Sufi, and American Gospel performers at
> Merkin Concert Hall, a WNYC radio broadcast
> curated by John Schaefer and Philip Glass.
> For tickets, call Merkin Hall Box Office
> 212-501-3330
> 
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> 
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> please reply to this message and tell us that.
> 
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> 
> *Presented by the Russian Musical Arts Society
> of America, Inc. (RMASA, Inc.) a not-for-profit
> organization chartered by the State of New York.
> 
> 

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