Yale Russian Chorus 70th Anniversary Concert

80+ tenor, baritone and bass singers in a concert of Slavic liturgical and folk music from Russia, Ukraine, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe

Free admission. The Chorus invites you to a reception following at St Thomas More - Golden Room 268 Park Street, New Haven

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The Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni welcome friends old and new for a mesmerizing celebration of the rich heritage of Slavic music at Yale! Be immersed in choral music that for seven decades has captivated audiences worldwide. Revel in the power of 80+ voices resounding in the vaulted grandeur of Yale's Woolsey Hall. Find joy in an enthralling Ukrainian Cossack song, clap and stomp to Russian folk favorites, be intrigued by esoteric Georgian hymnody, and thrill to the magnificence of Tchaikovsky and Bortniansky.

The Chorus is honored to premiere "Alliluiya" by Russian Composer Anton Viskov, who has dedicated the piece to the YRC. Also featured is the prayer "Otche Nash" (Our Father), composed by the Chorus's founder, Denis Mickiewicz.

The Yale Russian Chorus began in 1953 when George Litton, the head of the Yale Russian Club, invited Denis Mickiewicz, a student at Yale School of Music, to share some Russian folk songs with club members. In 1958 the Chorus was the first music group from the United States to tour in the USSR, the first of its nineteen tours in eastern Europe. They have sung in Carnegie Hall five times, at the White House (for President Clinton), and on the PBS radio show, "Prairie Home Companion." They have frequently performed with various opera companies and orchestras and often toured throughout the United States. The Chorus is among the oldest Slavic singing groups in the United States.

Category: Live Music | Concert