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ALFRED SCHNITTKE : Concerto for Mixed Choir a cappella
Monday 9 June, 1986 – Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir, cond. Valery Polyansky
Compozitor Saint Petersburg, 2017 (No. 7000)
Texts: 'Book of Lamentations' by Gregory of Narek (c. 951–1003)
“When writing the Concerto, Schnittke was not aiming towards a particular historical style, but the meditative character of the musical progression, determined by the text, suggests associations with Russian traditions of spiritual choral music from Bortnyansky to Rachmaninov and Grechaninov. Synthesizing disparate musical elements, Schnittke removes them from their temporal contexts, and the prayerful mood imbues the music with a sense of ethereal light. The shimmering D major of the finale of the Choir Concerto, just as in the Epilogue from the ballet 'Peer Gynt', becomes symbolic of an invisible but always perceptible spiritual presence.” – Georgy Kovalesky
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