Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir
Thanks to Minin and his choir, the spiritual works of many Russian composers, including Rakhmaninov, Chesnokov, Strumsky and Grechaninov, unheard for many long decades, have been revived at the highest professional level. Many outstanding composers, including Sviridov, Schedrin and Gavrilin, wrote works specially for this Choir, and the debuts of such works were hugely significant events: Sviridov Hard Times Songs (2003), Kancheli Little Imber (2004) and Amao Omi (2007), Dashkevich Seven Lightings of the Apocalypse (2006).
In recent years, the Choir has broken new creative ground with its operatic performances, including Rubinshtein's Demon, Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, Verdi's Troubadour and Ball-masquerade, Puccini's Boheme, Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar Bride and Golden Peacock, and Bernstein musical West Side Story. Over the years, the Choir has collaborated with the finest symphonies, orchestras, musicians and conductors, including Arkhipova, Obraztsova, Vedernikov, Nesterenko, Sotkilava, Spivakov, Bashmet, Pletnev, Fedoseev, Temirkanov, Gorenshtein, Sondetskis and others.
The Choir has recorded more than 30 CDs. In 2003, Deutsche Grammophon released the Choir's CD Russian Voices, which included compositions a capella by Taneyev, Sviridov, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev.
The choir has for many years collaborated with the Russian National Orchestra, including at the First RNO Grand Festival in 2009. In March 2005, in London, the Choir and RNO performed Taneyev's two cantata's, At the Reading of a Psalm and John of Damascus, under baton of Mikhail Pletnev, to great acclaim from the British press.
Performances with the RNO
September 2013
10 Tue
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Massenet
- Marie-Magdeleine, Oratorio for Choir, Orchestra and Soloists
Concert Sponsor
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Moscow Chamber Choir (Minin Choir)
Micaela Carosi, Soprano
Gregory Warren, Tenor
Ksenia Vyaznikova, Mezzo-soprano
Nikolai Kazansky, Bass-baritone
April 2013
18 Thu
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Taneyev
- At the Reading of a Psalm
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
February 2012
03 Fri
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Mozart
- Requiem
- Exsultate, jubilate
- Ave, verum corpus
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Yevgenia Sorokina, Soprano
Joann Lunn, Soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, Mezzo-soprano
James Gilchrist, Tenor
Yorck Felix Speer, Bass
December 2011
05 Mon
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
Concert for the 220th Anniversary of Mozart's Death
- Mozart
- Exsultate, jubilate
- Ave, verum corpus
- Requiem
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir
Yevgenia Sorokina, Soprano
Bella Kabanova, Soprano
Margarita Nekrasova, Mezzo-soprano
Sergei Dudinsky, Tenor
Andrei Borisenko, Bass
Margarita Vysotskaya, Organ
September 2011
18 Sun
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Verdi
- Requiem
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Lyudmila Monastyrskaya, Soprano
Mariana Pencheva, Mezzo-soprano
Achilles Machado, Tenor
Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass
Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir
Popov Academy of Choral Arts Choir, Alexei Petrov, artistic director
11 Sun
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Shostakovich
- Symphony No. 13 for Bass, Bass Choir and Orchestra
- Bernstein
- Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish")
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Sergei Leiferkus, Baritone
Maria Bulgakova, Soprano
Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir
Samuel Pisar, Narrator
February 2011
28 Mon
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Brahms
- A German Requiem
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Venera Gimadieva, Soprano
Konstantin Shushakov, Baritone
January 2011
21 Fri
Orchestrion
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Handel
- Hallelujah Chorus
- Mozart
- Exsultate, jubilate
- Schubert
- Mass in G
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Yevgenia Sorokina, Soprano
Irina Nikolskaya, Mezzo-Soprano
November 2010
06 Sat
Concert Hall
Krasnoyarsk
Russia
Program
- Taneyev
- John of Damascus
- Three Choirs from "12 Choirs based on Poems by Polonsky"
- Sviridov
- Pushkin's Wreath (fragments of the choir concerto)
- Beethoven
- Symphony No. 9
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Andrei Borisenko, Bass
Yevgenia Sorokina, Soprano
September 2010
12 Sun
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- GALA CONCERT
- Taneyev
- St. John of Damascus Cantata
- Beethoven
- Symphony No. 9
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
Evez Bakhashali Abdullayev, Baritone
April 2010
02 Fri
Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Shostakovich
- Festive Overture
- Tchaikovsky
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra
- Glazunov
- Minstrel's Song
- Rachmaninov
- The Bells
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Sergei Leiferkus, Baritone
Lyubov Petrova, Soprano
Andrei Popov, Tenor
Wen-Sinn Yang, Cello
June 2009
12 Fri
House of Unions
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Scriabin
- Prometheus, Poem of Fire
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Maxim Mogilevsky, Piano
Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory
April 2009
10 Fri
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Haydn
- Symphony No. 49 (La Passione)
- Beethoven
- Christ at the Mount of Olives
Sponsored by:
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Akiko Suwanai, Violin
Paul Nilon, Tenor
Andzhei Beletsky, Baritone
Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir
Simone Kermes, Soprano
February 2009
19 Thu
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Bizet
- Carmen
Sponsored by:
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Beatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano