Nikolai Kachanov, Maestro and voice teacher extraordinaire, (I've been studying voice with him for over 6 years) - will be performing with his choir - the Russian Chamber Chorus of NY - in Carnegie Hall with Vladimir Ashkenazy. This is big time, folks!
Please check out an interview with him at http://www.van.org/articles/NikolaiKachanovinterview20030113.htm and read on for details on this important concert. Shirona Subject: MUSIC AND DICTATORSHIP - Carnegie Hall, Feb. 20 & 22 > > Dear friends: > > The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York is excited > and proud to be performing with the Czech Philharmonic > Orchestra and Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy in the > upcoming Carnegie Hall concert series entitled > MUSIC AND DICTATORSHIP: RUSSIA UNDER STALIN. > > The concerts will be performed on Thursday, February 20, > and Saturday, February 22 at 8 p.m. in Carnegie Hall, > 57th Street at 7th Avenue. > > At those concerts, you will witness the possibilities and > the role of music and artists under conditions of serious > oppression. As our artistic director Nikolai Kachanov put > it in a recent interview: > > "It is important for us to study the past not just through > the distancing lens of history, but through art as well, > which gives us a deeper, more psychological > understanding." (The complete interview can be found as > posted 1/13/03 on www.van.org, the website of the Vocal > Area Network.) > > RCCNY will be collaborating with The Dessoff Choirs, > another of New York City's finest a cappella choral > groups. We will perform works by Prokofiev and > Shostakovich, two brilliant and well-known composers of > their time, who came under the personal scrutiny of > Stalin himself. > > For tickets, please contact the Carnegie Hall Box Office > online at www.carnegiehall.org, or call CarnegieCharge > at +1 212 247-7800 > > ========================================================== > > The complete program listings follow. Selections marked > with an asterisk (*) feature the Russian Chamber Chorus > of New York and The Dessoff Choirs. > > Thursday, February 20: > > * PROKOFIEV Excerpt from Ivan the Terrible (with film) > SHOSTAKOVICH "The Assault on Red Hill" from > The Unforgettable Year 1919 > * SHOSTAKOVICH Excerpt from The Fall of Berlin (with film) > * SHOSTAKOVICH Antiformalist Rayok > SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a > (arr. Rudolf Barshai) > > Saturday, February 22: > > Reading of "Dwarf Birches" by the author, Yevgeny > Yevtushenko > * PROKOFIEV Hail to Stalin > KABALEVSKY Cello Concerto No. 2 > Reading of "Babi Yar" by the author, Yevgeny Yevtushenko > * SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar" > > In Nikolai Kachanov's words: "The works on the 'Music and > Dictatorship' program document the very worst period of > the Soviet Union - a time when freedom of expression was > utterly suppressed, and even being suspected of incorrect > thoughts could mean imprisonment and death. And yet, for > many of us, there was still one avenue through which we > could express ourselves: music. Music was our salvation." > > We invite you to share in these extraordinary concert > events. > > ========================================================= > > For more information about the Russian Chamber Chorus > of New York, please visit www.rccny.org or call > +1 212 928-1402 > > To change the e-mail address we have for you, add someone > you know, or be removed from this list, please e-mail us > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or reply to this e-mail. > > ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, offering online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ MyJewishLearning.com, The Personal Gateway to Jewish Exploration Officially launches: http://MyJewishLearning.com/index.htm?source=shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
