3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 10

Friday 28 November

The Choir of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy

About seventy kilometers from Moscow, in the town of Sergiev Posad, there is a monastery called the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. It was established in the XIV century by St. Sergius of Radonezh. The Moscow Theological Academy, established in 1685, is located on the territory of the monastery since 1814. The choir at the Moscow Theological Academy, consists of Academy students, the future priests of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The academic choir retains the ancient tradition of the Russian Orthodox choral singing and their repertoire comprises Russian Orthodox Church singing covering a few centuries. It includes both unison motets of the 14^th to 16^th centuries and the works of the famous Russian Church composers such as Bortniansky, Lvovsky, Grechaninov, Kastalsky, Chesnokov, as well as the tunes of various Russian Orthodox Church monasteries and the music of the contemporary Church composers.

The Moscow Theological Academy student choir participates in the church services of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra and the Theological Academy on a regular basis. It also participates in the festive divine services that are served by His Holiness Alexy, Patriarch of Moscow and of All-Russia.

The Academy choir visited many countries, acquainting their audiences with the rich tradition of the Russian Church singing. The countries visited by the choir include among others France, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Israel, Holland, Macedonia, Syria, Lebanon and Serbia.

BOOKING:

Choral Concert - St. Georges Cathedral 20:00