FULL REQUIEM (Karamanov) & JOHN OF DAMASCUS (Taneyev) Moscow 2025 Nadezhda Gulitskaya, Polina Shamayeva, Yaroslav Abaimov, Igor Podoplelov
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: REQUIEM, JOHN OF DAMASCUS
- Composer: Karamanov Alemdar, Taneyev Sergei
- Libretto: Leo Tolstoy
- Venue & Opera Company: Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia
- Recorded: April 21, 2025
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Nadezhda Gulitskaya, Polina Shamayeva, Yaroslav Abaimov, Igor Podoplelov
- Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
- Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia
- Chorus: Grand Choir “Masters of Choral Singing”
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Moscow Philharmonic Society
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, rusubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Program:
Karamanov — Requiem for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra
Taneyev — “John of Damascus”, cantata for Choir and Orchestra
John of Damascus (Иоанн Дамаскин) is a poem by Leo Tolstoy, first published in the January, No.1, 1859 issue of Russkaya Beseda magazine. Fragments of the poem have been put to music by several composers, among them Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Taneyev and Vasily Kalinnikov.
The main source for Tolstoy was the zhitie (life story) of theologian and hymnographer John of Damascus.[2] The poem’s leitmotif, that of the poet’s role as related to the state authorities, for Tolstoy, who was still at the Court, was a serious personal matter. Nikolai Leskov referred to the poem as an autobiographical piece of work of an author who was eager to leave the Court and become a “free artist”.