The traditional Christmas-season tour of the Pokrov Chamber Chorus under the direction of Andrei Gorachyov shall start with a concert in Geneva. The members of the UN mission and General Consulate of the RF, the Russian clergy and members of the Russian diaspora in Switzerland, and anyone who is interested in Russian spiritual musical culture are invited to the concert. On the programme shall be Russian church music, Christmas kolyadki (carols), and Russian folk songs. The chorus shall visit the Cathedral of the Elevation of the Holy Cross (ROCOR) in Geneva and the European Broadcasting Union, where the Pokrov chorus is already well-known because of its recordings, which have often been included in projects of the EBU. This is the first visit of the chorus to Geneva, and it was made possible by an invitation from V. V. Loshchinin, the Permanent Representative of the RF to the UN Department in Geneva, and A. G. Lopukhov, the Consul General of the RF in Geneva. The tour of the chorus shall last until 15 December, during which time it shall give 11 concerts in Switzerland and Austria, and it shall also perform after the Divine Liturgy at the Russian Orthodox parish of the Resurrection in Zürich.
28 November 2008
Voice of Russia World Service
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=rus&q=91045&cid=24&p=28.11.2008 (in Russian)
