KOMITAS: AT THE CROSSROADS OF TRADITION AND MODERNITY
September 26 - October 8, 2018
September 26 | Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall
FESTIVAL OPENING
Choral Music Night
THE ACADEMIC STATE CHOIR OF ARMENIA
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Hovhannes Tchekidjian
Komitas (1869-1935)
Rise, rise
Ploughing Song
Threshing Song
The Moon under the Hill
It’s Drizzling
Deer
My Darling is a Rose
I Planted a Garden in Yerevan
Come Home
I’ll Take her to the Mountains
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from the opera “Nabucco”
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Chorale
Yan Frenkel (1920-1989)
The Cranes
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Excerpts from the opera “Porgy and Bess”
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Valse
Marche
Tigran Tchukhadjyan (1837-1898)
“O, Friends” and Final from the operette “Karine”
Komitas
Sweet Breeze
Mortar Song
September 28 | Grand Salon, Sorbonne
CHORAL MUSIC NIGHT
VOIX DE STRAS’ (France)
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Catherine Bolzinger
Yervand Yerkanyan (b. 1951)
The Children of God (based on the hymn by St. Nerses Shnorhali, XII c.)
At All Times (based on the hymn by St. Mesrop Mashtots, IV-V c.)
Wonderful Birth (based on the hymn by St. Movses Khorenatsi, V c.)
Creator of Adolescents (based on tał by St. Nerses Shnorhali, XII c.)
Komitas (1869-1935)
Alagyaz
St. Grigor Narekatsi (X-XI c.)
Bird, Bird
Komitas
You are a Plane Tree
Devoted Souls (based on the hymn by Komitas Aghtsetsi, VII c.)
André Caplet (1878-1925)
Messe à trois voix dite des petits de Saint–Eustache-la-Forêt
September 30 | Concert Hall of Komitas Museum-Institute
CHORAL MUSIC NIGHT
VOIX DE STRAS’ (France)
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Catherine Bolzinger
Yervand Yerkanyan (b. 1951)
The Children of God (based on the hymn by St. Nerses Shnorhali, XII c.)
At All Times (based on the hymn by St. Mesrop Mashtots, IV-V c.)
Wonderful Birth (based on the hymn by St. Movses Khorenatsi, V c.)
Creator of Adolescents (based on tał by St. Nerses Shnorhali, XII c.)
Komitas (1869-1935)
Alagyaz
St. Grigor Narekatsi (X-XI c.)
Bird, Bird
Komitas
You are a Plane Tree
Devoted Souls (based on the hymn by Komitas Aghtsetsi, VII c.)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Les angelus
choral version by Clytus Gottwald (b. 1925)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Bolyongás
Leánynéző
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Die Nonne
Lionel Ginoux (b․1978)
Make me a dream
André Caplet (1878-1925)
Messe à trois voix dite des petits de Saint–Eustache-la-Forêt
October 1 | Concert Hall of Komitas Museum-Institute
PIANO RECITAL
KEI SAOTOME (Japan)
Yerevan, Armenia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata N 8, A minor, KV. 310
Franz List (1811-1886)
Concert-Paraphrase based on “Rigoletto” by G. Verdi
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Fantaisie in F minor, op. 49
Grande Valse brillante in E-flat major, op. 18
Gagik Hovunts (b․1930)
10 Pieces-Monograms for Piano
(fragments)
Komitas (1869-1935)
Seven Dances
1. Manushaki
2. Yerangi
3. Unabi
4. Marali
5. Shushiki
6. Het u Araj
7. Karno Shoror
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
L’Isle Joyeuse
October 2 | Komitas Chamber Music Hall
CHORAL MUSIC NIGHT
“HOVER” STATE CHAMBER CHOIR
Artistic Director and Conductor: Sona Hovhannisyan
Komitas (1869-1935)
Lord, our God
Let the Nightingale not Sing
Pretty Lass
I shall Say Something to the Slender Beloved
Beloved
Habrban
Oh, Pretty
At Night, Moonlit Night
Papuri (dance)
The Water is Coming from this Brook
Aparan is Stony
Tando
Hօ, yaman and Beloved
Unfortunate Girl
Girls, let’s Dance
“SPEGHANI” CHOIR
Artistic Director and Conductor: Sarine Avtandilyan
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/1526-1594)
Sub tuum praesidium
Ave Regina coelorum
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
La petite fille sage
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Nun stehn die Rosen in Blüte
Eva Ugalde (b. 1973)
Uraren besotik
Komitas (1869-1935)
Oh, Boy from Օur Village
YEREVAN STATE CHAMBER CHOIR
Artstic Director and Conductor: Harutyun Topikyan
Komitas (1869-1935)
Rise, rise
The Light-Bearing Morning
Father, Father, Your Homeland
Edgar Hovhannisyan (1930-1998)
I Sowed the Seeds
Yervand Yerkanyan (b. 1951)
The Prayer of my Mountain
Tigran Mansuryan (b. 1939)
Autumn Song (The Fragment from “Ars Poetica” Cycle by Yeghishe Charents)
Martin Vardazaryan (b. 1938)
An Evergreen Tree
“GEGHARD” VOCAL ENSAMBLE
Artistic director: Mher Navoyan
Conductor: Anahit Papayan
Komitas (1869-1935)
Deoted Souls (based on the hymn by Komitas Aghtsetsi, VII c.)
Coming from the Mountains
Alagyaz and the Incense Tree
My dear Mother
Deer
It’s Drizzling
Konstantin Petrosyan (b. 1946)
Take the moon
Arthur Aharonyan (b. 1962)
Evening Prayer (folk lyrics)
Yervand Yerkanyan (b. 1951)
One Hayren from the «Six Philosophical Hayrens» Cycle
(words by Hovhannes Yerznkatsi Pluz, XIII c.)
Komitas
Beloved Sona
ARMENIAN STATE CHAMBER CHOIR
Artistic Director and Conductor: Robert Mlkeyan
Komitas (1869-1935)
My Heart Trembles (based on the ganj by Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi, XIII c.)
Cool me Down Mountains
Rise, Rise
Sweet Breeze
Spring
October 5 | Concert Hall of Komitas Museum-Institute
PIANO RECITAL
SERGIO ESCALERA (Bolivia)
Komitas (1869-1935)
Seven Dances
1. Manushaki
2. Yerangi
3. Unabi
4. Marali
5. Shushiki
6. Het u Araj
7. Karno Shoror
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
“Laments, or the Maiden and the Nightingale” from Goyescas Suite
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Fantasia Baetic
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Chôro No. 5: Brazilian Soul
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Argentinian Dances օp. 2
Danza del Viejo Boyero
Danza de la Moza Donosa
Danza del Gaucho Matrero
Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
Levante
October 7 | Haritcհ Monastery
“HOVER” STATE CHAMBER CHOIR (male part)
Artistic Director and Conductor: Sona Hovhannisyan
KOMITAS (1869-1935)
Patarag (Divine Liturgy)
October 8 | Concert Hall of Komitas Museum-Institute
CHILDREN CHOIRS
BOYS’ CHOIR OF ANTON CHEKHOV SCHOOL NO 55 IN YEREVAN
Conductor: Narine Voskanyan
CHOIR OF GALINA STAROVOYTOVA SCHOOL IN YEREVAN
Conductor: Alvard Petrosyan
CHOIR OF ARMEN TIGRANYAN MUSIC SCHOOL IN YEREVAN
Conductor: Ruben Karaseferyan
CHOIR OF DANIEL GHAZARYAN MUSIC SCHOOL IN ARTIK
Conductor: Karine Bikilyan
CHOIR OF GHAZAROS SARYAN ART SCHOOL IN YEREVAN
Conductor: Grigor Harutyunyan
CHOIR OF ANUSHAVAN TER-GHEVONDYAN MUSIC SCHOOL IN YEREVAN
Conductor: Mamikon Andreasyan
CHOIR OF ALEXANDER SPENDIARYAN MUSIC SCHOOL IN YEREVAN
Conductor: Lilit Yedigaryan