On January 15 at 15.00 New Year's concert of the Riga Orthodox Chamber Choir "Blagovest" in the Concert Hall "Ave Sol".
The "Blagovest" Chamber Choir will perform the "Glory of Christ's Nativity" created by Andrejs Selickis especially for the "Blagovest" choir - an arrangement of traditional Orthodox chants - neumu or znamennij raspev and Greek/Byzantine Kyivan chants in a modern arrangement, Dmitrijs Bortniansky's 21st concert “Kas mitinies Visuaugstā aizsardzībā” ("Who resides in the protection of the Most High)" (Psalm 90) and the compositions of Ukrainian composers Viktorija Poljova (Viktoria Palyova) and Jakovs Jaciņevičs (Yakov Yacinevich), as well as compositions for choir and soloists by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Andrejs Mikita, Vladimirs Martinovs and others.
The Riga Orthodox Chamber Choir "Blagovest" is an excellent, unique musical unit, which with its activity confirms the successful coexistence of different cultures, the inevitable mutual influence and interaction. Artistic director Aleksandrs Brandavs, conductors Oksana Čerkasova and Jānis Kokins.
The motto of the New Year's concert: " Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
Ticket price 10,00 EUR
Tickets for the concert can be purchased at "Biļešu paradīze" sales points and www.bilesuparadize.lv.