Schedule for "Masterpieces for all time" Concert in memory of Popov: on the 80th anniversary 2022

Dinara, soprano
Catherine GUBANOVA, mezzo-soprano
Dmitry KORCHAK, tenor
Nikolai Didenko, bass
Grand Choir «Masters of Choral Singing"
Artistic director - Lev Kontorovich
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA RUSSIAN
Artistic director and chief conductor - Vladimir Spivakov
Conductor Vladimir Spivakov
The program includes:
Beethoven. "Missa Solemnis» (Missasolemnis), Op. 123 (1823)
Concert Season Ticket "Masterpieces for all time", which under Vladimir Spivakov sounds majestic "Missa Solemnis" by Beethoven, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of outstanding Russian choirmaster, the founder of the Academy of Choral Art Victor Sergeyevich Popov. Spivakov and Popov of many years of close cooperation, "Moscow Virtuosi" and NPR have repeatedly and with the renowned choir AHI, and with famous singers, soloists, walked out of the academy (including Dmitry Korczak, Nikolai Didenko, Vasily Ladyuk Alexei Nekludov, Alexei Tatarintcev Evgeny Stavinsky Catherine Lёhina et al.).
"To him especially suited Pushkin's lines:" We few are chosen, the lucky idle, neglecting despicable use, single wonderful priests ", - says Vladimir Spivakov. - Victor S. was truly elected, true servant, which is not enough in our time, the creator of the legacy that is still alive and will live forever. Many of his students have become outstanding artists. Our links do not break, and he still is alive for me, I always feel a deep gratitude and reverence for what he did. "
Successors best choral traditions laid VS Popov, steel, and "Masters of Choral Singing." Since 2005, the choir is conducted by People's Artist of Russia Lev Kontorovich, and today the updated team comprised of talented graduates AHI, gained a reputation as one of the best in Moscow. Grand Choir «Masters of Choral Singing" has become in recent years a constant stage partner of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia.
"Missa Solemnis", on which Beethoven worked for five years, was intended to be performed at the celebration of the Archduke Rudolf assignment (pupil and patron of the composer) primacy. Avoiding stylization, Beethoven relied in this magnificent essay on the experience of the old polyphonic masters: Bach and Handel, the best representatives of the Flemish school. Complete by the time the Mass did not have time, and place of its first performance in the full version was Russia: a masterpiece of Beethoven sounded April 7, 1824 in St. Petersburg.