PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, with Ledkovsky as the oktavist going down to D1 in We Have No Other Help. I will keep sharing videos of Russian basso profundo singers, as they are absolutely astonishing.
Shout out to Nana Peradze for being awesome. #georgianchant #orthodoxchant #churchmusic @peradze.nana https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YEM39n1ee/?igshid=yzpu3qxqkbuu
Църковен хор "Свето Благовещение" при храм "Св. Иван Рилски" гр.Асеновград част 1
I can’t understand the title of this piece. Could someone translate? However I understand this is sung to Ivan Rilski (St John of Rila), whose monastery lies in Bulgaria today.
Divna & Melόdi - Stihire Pashe / Стихире Пасхе. Divna Ljubojevic is a Serbian singer who specialises in Byzantine Chant, and chants from the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Her voice is crystal clear, able to maintain the difficult melodic lines required for this kind of music. I believe this title means the Chant for Pascha, or Easter. (Only recently did I realise that the word “Pascha” has Hebrew roots, which is unsurprising, as this feast was based on Pesach).
Psalm 51 (50 in the Septuagint). The title Ἐλέησόν με ὁ Θεός means “Have mercy on me, O God” (this is a psalm of repentance). Those familiar with Western choral music from the Church may recognise the Latin, Miserere mei, Deus, meaning the same thing. The style of this chant and that of the Western Church in, say, the time of Allegri, differs vastly in many melodic and harmonic respects.