Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Tchaikovsky at Ely Cathedral, Ely on Saturday 28th January 2023

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Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Tchaikovsky

Add to my Calendar 28-01-2023 19:30 28-01-2023 21:30 36 Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Tchaikovsky Singing for the first time at Ely Cathedral, Ipswich Choral Society, joined by The Cantate Choir, will perform Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. Ipswich Choral Society Music Director, Robin Walker, also conducts The Cantate Choir from Kent. Sung unaccompanied, Tchaikovsky composed The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in 1878. The first performance took place in the Kyiv University Church in June 1879, followed by the first public performance in Moscow in December 1880. John Chrysostom, appointed archbishop of Constantinople in 397, was one of the most prolific authors in the early Christian church and an excellent preacher. He revised the Divine Liturgy or celebration of the Holy Eucharist and to this day, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite celebrate the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. There are several feast days dedicated to St John, one of which is the 27 January. Prayer for Ukraine is a patriotic hymn which has become the spiritual anthem of Ukraine. First published in 1885, it gained national significance during the Ukrainian war of independence in 1917-1920. There will be a retiring collection in aid of DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Ely Cathedral, Ely DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Ely Cathedral
The College
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DL
England

Saturday 28th January 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op.41
Mykola Lysenko – Prayer for Ukraine (Молитва за Україну)

Performers

Robin Walker – Conductor

Ipswich Choral Society
Cantate Choir

Programme Note

Singing for the first time at Ely Cathedral, Ipswich Choral Society, joined by The Cantate Choir, will perform Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. Ipswich Choral Society Music Director, Robin Walker, also conducts The Cantate Choir from Kent.

Sung unaccompanied, Tchaikovsky composed The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in 1878. The first performance took place in the Kyiv University Church in June 1879, followed by the first public performance in Moscow in December 1880.

John Chrysostom, appointed archbishop of Constantinople in 397, was one of the most prolific authors in the early Christian church and an excellent preacher. He revised the Divine Liturgy or celebration of the Holy Eucharist and to this day, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite celebrate the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. There are several feast days dedicated to St John, one of which is the 27 January.

Prayer for Ukraine is a patriotic hymn which has become the spiritual anthem of Ukraine. First published in 1885, it gained national significance during the Ukrainian war of independence in 1917-1920.

There will be a retiring collection in aid of DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

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