State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus
Chief conductor – People’s Artist of Belarus Alexander Anisimov
In concert participate:
Honored collective of the Republic of Belarus
The State Academic Choir named after G.Shirma
Chief Conductor – Olga Yanum
Reciter – Oleg Vinyarsky
Children’s voice – laureate of the International Competition named after F.Chaliapin (1st place) Elisha Rodov descant
Conductor – Michael Kirchhoff
Program:
B.Berliner – Symphonic poem “Genesis” for Reciter and Orchestra
L.Bernstein – “Chichester Psalms” for Choir and Orchestra
For the first time in Belarus, a symphonic poem by contemporary Israeli composer Baruch Berliner will be performed on December 25 “Genesis” – sevenfold cosmogony on the texts of the Torah which tells about the stages of divine providence and the world order, imaging the central events of the first chapters of the book “Existence”: “First day of Genesis creation”, “Creation of Adam and Eva”, “The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden”, “Сain and Abel”, “Noah”, “Flood” и “The rainbow covenant”.
Baruch Berliner says: “I wanted to take the Bible closer to the listener, give him a chance to hear the Divine word in an accessible form. Creating a man in his own image, God has given us a choice between good and evil. Our goal - make the right choice in life. This is the main motive of my composition”.
The concert will also feature the most famous work in the cantata-oratorio genre of Leonardo Bernstein – “Chichester Psalms” for soloist, choir and orchestra. This monumental masterpiece based on the texts of the Psalms of David was written in 1965. Its name he received in honor of the choir of the Cathedral city of Chichester in England, for which Bernstein wrote the composition.
“Chichester Psalms” — a type of mix of academic music with elements of jazz, rock and smash hits because Bernstein was an experimental musician. This score also includes Negro folklore and old Jewish chants.
Mikhail Kirkhhoff is the Chief Conductor of the Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the Kaliningrad Musical Theater, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Eurasian Stars Festival, Chief Conductor of the Ak Ertis Festival, President of the Eurasian Art Development Fund.
Lecturer at the State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after Ippolitov-Ivanov (Moscow).
Was born in Moscow. He received his primary musical education at the Academy of Choral Art named after A.V.Sveshnikov.
In 2009, he graduated with honors from the Moscow State Conservatory. n.a. P.I.Tchaikovsky.
In 2010–2012 he worked at the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Turkey).
In 2012–2017 he worked at the Samsun State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Turkey).
In 2018–2020 – Principal Guest Conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra “Academy of Soloists” (Kazakhstan).
In 2019, he held 10 performances as part of the tour of the Karaganda Theater of Musical Comedy in Almaty.
In 2019–2020 he conducted a joint tour with Hayk Kazazyan, Boris Andrianov and Philip Kapachevsky in the cities of Russia (Moscow, Saratov, Bryansk, Tambov, Barnaul, Astrakhan).
Mr.Kirkhhoff has performed with various orchestras in Russia, Turkey, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Kazakhstan, Latvia and other countries.
