The Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow is a 12-piece male-voice choir that evokes the authentic sound of ancient Russia. The festive programme contains authentic hymns and music from the Church, along with Ukrainian Christmas songs and old Russian folk songs.
1. Prophecy of Isaiah (sixteenth century anon.)
2. Blessed be the man (psalm 1) (seventeenth century anon.)
3. Psalm 141 (140) (sixteenth century anon.)
4. Hymn to the Mother of God (seventeenth century anon.)
5. Popov-Platonov (end of XIX century).
6. Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944) Pray to the Mother of God
7. We Prostrate Ourselves (P. Gontcharov, end of XIX century).
8. S. Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Anaphora, or canon of the Eucharist
9. Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956), The Insistent Litany (solo- deacon Oleg Kovalev)
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Ukrainian Christmas songs and Old Russian Folk Songs
1 Heaven and Earth
2. Time has come
3. To the God and the King.
4. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!
5. Oh, you wide Steppe
6. Black Raven
7. Song of the Noble Regiment
8. Glory be to you, Kuban Cossacks
9. The Twelve Brigands
10. Snow, the Time has Come