[South Canaan, PA] The Saint Tikhon Choir is pleased to announce the October 23 release of Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the world première recording of a major new choral work of elegance and beauty. The Liturgy is conducted by the composer. Sheehan’s Liturgy will be released on
South Canaan, PA—On August 28, the world-premiere recording of Alexander Kastalsky’s Requiem was released by Naxos Records. The recording—which was made during a live performance in the Washington National Cathedral in October of 2018 in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the World War I Armistice—features the combined forces of
The Saint Tikhon Choir is thrilled to announce the world premiere performances of Benedict Sheehan’s modern masterwork Vespers this coming November 11-13! Two-time GRAMMY®-nominated conductor and composer Benedict Sheehan will lead the professional choristers of Saint Tikhon’s in this unique and powerful musical exploration that has been called “a masterpiece”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2020 [South Canaan, PA] — The Saint Tikhon Choir is honored to announce that their landmark recording of Alexander Kastalsky’s Requiem for Fallen Brothers has been nominated for a GRAMMY® Award in the Best Choral Performance Category. Released in August of 2020 on the Naxos
In times of difficulty and insecurity, like now with a highly contagious virus spreading over the world, people will search for something tangible to hold on to. Something that gives warmth and hope, doesn’t change and has already for a long time been an unshakable part of humanity. This is
Just days after our newest album became available for pre-order it shot to the top of Amazon’s New Releases in Opera & Vocal. It has stayed at the top of the Amazon charts ever since, even making it into the Top 100 in all CDs & Vinyl, and for a
Author: Ivan Moody Kastalsky’s Requiem was written as a response to the First World War. Its genesis was complicated and it exists in a number of different versions. These are usefully detailed in Vladimir Morosan’s informative booklet note, and one of them, based on the Orthodox service for the departed,
September 1, 2020 – By Steven Fox [medium.com] It was October 27th, 2016, and I had just finished conducting a perforance at the Spaso House in Moscow. Spaso House is the US Ambassador’s residence, a neoclassical building that has been leased to the US government since 1933, and where the
Alexander Kastalsky’s Requiem for Fallen Brothers was written between 1914 and 1917, during World War I, a conflict that killed more than 20 million people and injured even more. Kastalsky achieved poignancy in his memorial by using melodies and texts from many of the countries involved in the war — Russia, Serbia,
Charles Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale and a Multitude of Forces Bring Kastalsky Work to Life by Paul PattisonSpecial to KC Arts Beat Alexander Kastalsky composed his Requiem during the turmoil of the First World War. He began conceiving of his “Requiem For Fallen Brothers” in 1914, and by 1917 it
