This Fall the Monastic Choir of St. Elisabeth Convent Comes to England with Its Charitable Concerts
On
SEPTEMBER 29 – OCTOBER 7, 2018 the MONASTIC CHOIR of St Elisabeth Convent will
have another charitable concert tour. The sisters will present their programme
in the parishes of London, Oxford, Colchester, Peterborough. The tour will end
in Oxford where the choir is going to participate in the Liturgy in the parish
of St Nicholas.
The
programme of the concerts includes orthodox worship chants, as well as
traditional spiritual songs. You will have an opportunity to hear ancient
Znamenny, Valaam, Byzantine and Greek chants, as well as some Old-Bulgarian,
Macedonian and Georgian canticles. Some of them will be performed in their
original form, while the rest have been arranged at some point in time, which
makes it easier for a contemporary listener to perceive them.
The
Precentor of the choir and composer of many songs which can be heard in the
programme “Sing to the Lord, All Earth” is a monastic sister of St Elisabeth Convent
nun Juliania (Denisova).
Members of the Choir
Charitable
events of the choir always attract interest of the public. Sisters are known
and loved in many European countries. It is one of the most renowned choirs on the post-USSR territory which
performs spiritual music.
Most of
the choir members are professional musicians, but apart from singing each of
them has an important obedience in the Convent. Sisters work in the workshops,
edit books, help with the organization of charitable projects. Obediences are
different, but the thing that unites everyone is the love of singing.
Programme
of the Concert:
1) Trisagion
2) Rejoice, O Life-Bearing Cross
3) It is Truly Meet
4) O All-Praised Mother
5) Song of the Theotokos
6) I shall Open My Mouth (fragments)
7) When Israel Walked. Irmoses of the Canon of
Repentance
8) Glory to God for Everything
9) On a Holy Mount
10) What Does the Motherland Begin With?
11) Give Grace O God
12) Kupalinka
13) In the Night Garden
14) French Christmas Carol
15) Many Years
All
concerts are being held to support the Convent’s social projects. Sisters take
care of the patients of hospitals, boarding homes, Tuberculosis Clinic, and
residents of the orphanages. Saint Elisabeth Convent operates two
rehabilitation centres for men and women where the sisters try to bring
homeless people, ex-prisoners, alcohol and drug addicts back to normal life.
After
each concert there will be a small fair with the display of the items made in
the workshops of the Convent. By purchasing those items you make your
contribution to the development of important social projects: rehabilitation of
people with addictions, socialization of people suffering from
psychoneurological diseases, etc.
ADMISSION
TO THE CONCERTS IS FREE. VOLUNTARY DONATIONS ARE WELCOME.
September, 2018
St. Elisabeth Convent
