ChoRuss vocal ensemble to return to St. Michael’s
ChoRuss will perform on Nov. 18 at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church on Sanibel.
Free and open to the public, the concert will take place at 5 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
According to Dmitri Petrov, the group’s director and tenor, ChoRuss specializes in sacred repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries that accompanies worship in the Russian Orthodox Church.
“Many important Russian composers were inspired by the Orthodox tradition,” he said. “We are delighted to bring this repertory to Sanibel and St. Michael’s once more. We hope to tell our audiences, through music, about Russia and its cultural heritage.”
The repertoire is sung a cappella in the ancient Orthodox style.
The program features music by Russian composers, including Dmitry Bortniansky, Pavel Chesnokov and Alexander Arkhangelsky. The program also includes Russian folk songs and Christmas carols.
“The singers are amazingly talented,” St. Michael’s rector Ellen Sloan said. “We are so glad to have them back with us again. Their sacred music is deeply inspiring, the folk music is filled of joy, and Dmitri’s sense of humor is ever present.”
Freewill donations will be accepted.
A Meet-the-Artists reception, with light refreshments, will follow the concert in the Parish Hall. ChoRuss’s compact disc, “Russian Spiritual and Folk Songs,” will be available for purchase.
For more information, call Rector Ellen Sloan at 239-896-6468.
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church is at 2304 Periwinkle Way.