MUSIC EVENT PROGRAM OF THE ST. JACOB ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND THE CHURCH CHORAL SOCIETY “BRANKO”.

Jerusalem, 14/27 of November 2016

 

THE ST. JACOB ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL CHOIR.

1. Troparion of the Holy CrossTone I
   O Lord, save Thy people.

And bless Thane inheritance

Grant victory to the Orthodox Christians

Over their adversaries,

and by virtue of Thy cross.

Preserve Thy habitation.

2. Who have received Baptism

       As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ Halleluiah

3. Sunday of the Pentecost (Dismissal Hymn Tone 4)
   Blessed art Thou, Christ our God Who hadst

made the fishermen most wise by sending down

upon the Holy Spirit, and by them didst, draw the world

into Thy net, Ο Merciful Lord, Gloiy to Thee..

4. Kontakion of the Akathist

Unto you, Ο Theotokos, invincible Champion, your City, in thanksgiving ascribes           the victory for the deliverance from sufferings. And having your might                   unassailable, free us from all dangers. So that we may try unto you:

Rejoice, Ο Bride Ever-Virgin.

5. Troparion of The Birth of Jesus Christ (Tone 4)
   Your Nativity, Ο Christ our God, Has shone to the
   World the Light of Wisdom. For by it , those who worshipped the stars worshipped the stars, were taught by a Star lo adore You,
   The Sun of Righteousness, And to know You,the Orient from on High. Ο Lord, groly to You.

6. Exapostelarion

Thy bridal Chamber, Ο my Saviour, do I behold all adorned, and a garment I have            not that I may enter therein. Illumine the garment of my soul, Ο Giver of light,      and save me.

7. “O Pure Virgin”

2 Verses (Agni Parthene )

in Arabic hymn composed by Si. Nectarios of Aegina,

drawn from the Theotokarion ( Book of hymns to the Mother of God).

 

 THE CHURCH CHORAL SOCIETY “BRANKO”.

1. Holy is the Lord our God (from the All Night Vigil).

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

2. Our Father.

Nikolaj Kedrov, senior (1871-1910)

4. The Royal Litany.

Unknown Serbian Composer

5. Praise the name of the Lord.

Stevan St. Mokranjac (1856-1914

6. No one is as Holy as Thee {from the Serbian Requiem)

Stevan St. Mokranjac (1856-1914)

7. God is with us (A Christmas Hymn) Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)
8. Easter Antiphon

Vastljev and Grebeshnikov

9. Serbian woman (a Serbian Folk song)

Isidor Bajic (1878-1975)

10. The Swallows Flew Above

Jovica Gavrilovie

11. 2 Songs from Kosovo

arrangement Bojan Stankovic

12.  Far away.

A Serbian Song from World War I

Soloists

Marijana Radosavijevic, soprano

Danica Gostovie, contralto

Mario Petrovic, tenor

Andrej Cincarevic, baritone.