V FESTIVAL OF LITURGICAL MUSIC «THROUGH CENTURIES AND LANDS». Kyiv, 6—29 October 2009
The Festival “Through centuries and lands – Liturgical music of the world” has been held since 2003. The programmes of the previous festivals included liturgical music of Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Argentina, Korea, Great Britain, Ireland, Belgium, France and Italy of the X–XXI centuries. The concerts provoke constant interest of the admirers of classical and sacred music.\r\nThe 5th Festival “Through centuries and lands – Liturgical music of the world” is planned for October 6-29, 2009. It is dedicated to all the children of the Heavenly Father who bonify, and to all the people blessed by our Lord, Jesus Christ. The concerts of the Festival will be held in Ukrainian Orthodox churches, Roman – Catholic Cathedral of St. Alexander, Greek – Catholic Church, German Lutheran church and in the House of The Gospel of evangelic Christians-Baptists in Kiev.
First concert of the Festival will take place on the eve of the International palliative aid Day. Its programme includes Mass of L.Viadana – beginning of the 17th century, it will be the first performance in Ukraine. Then there will be the world premier performance of Chernobyl liturgy by archbishop Ionafan (Yeletski), premier performance of the Messe by R.Shuman, Requiem by J.Okeghem (15th century, the Netherlands, the first requiem from the past).We are looking forward to listening musicians from Georgia, Poland and Greece. Both famous music groups and soloists and representatives of small Christian confessions from all over the world will perform at this Festival.
Different activities are planned in the framework of the Festival, such as: master classes, reports, art exhibition “Creation of the Universe” by M.Vaiseberg. Performance of the Greek Byzantine choir will conclude the programme of the Festival. It will be held in St. Sophia`s Cathedral. The conductor of this choir is L. Angelopulos – chief protopsalt of Konstantynopol Archiepiscopacy. We hope that such combination of Byzantine and Ukrainian architectural styles, painting and music will make this Festival an unforgettable event for Kiev and whole Ukraine.
The concerts of the Festival are charitable, they are held for charity to our Lord’s help, for donations from individuals and sponsor’s aid. We are sincerely grateful to those who support our Festival in all possible ways. We thank our Lord for all people He sends us. This year we hope to get support from the Polish Institute, International Charitable Fund “Ukraine – 3000”; German, American and Greek Embassies; Ukrainian Airlines “Aerosvit”; National concert hall of organ and chamber music. We are grateful to the painter M.Vaiseberg who created works of graphics for the Festival and to all the musians who agreed to perform for free or very low compensation.
We are content that the motto of this Festival – “To all the children of the Heavenly Father who bonify” will become the thankful hymn composed not by notes but by the real events of nowadays. And the conclusive concert in St.Sophia`s Cathedral – shrine of God’s wisdom - will become the call for unification for all residents of Ukraine in such complex period in history of their country.