Silvestrov - Maidan
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Label: ECM New Series
Cat No: 4858084
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 30th September 2022
Contents
Artists
Kyiv Chamber ChoirConductor
Mykola HobdychAbout
Like the albums Sacred Songs and Sacred Works, Maidan embraces Silvestrov’s composing for vocal ensemble and captures the Kyiv Chamber Choir under Mykola Hobdych in an impassioned performance at St Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv from 2016. Silvestrov, who in spring 2022 had to leave his Kyiv home of over half a century, composed Maidan 2014, a ‘cycle of cycles’, in the wake of the ‘Euromaidan’ – the wave of demonstrations that hit Ukraine in 2014. Replete with liturgical passages and verses by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchencko, Maidan offers a wealth of melodies with both hymnal and chant-like structures.
In the CD's liner text, Silvestrov points out how ‘it’s no accident that the symbolic crown and ending of the “Maidan 2014” cycle is a quiet lullaby. For I’m neither able nor willing to duplicate the noise of this terrible war. Instead, I want to show how fragile our civilisation is. I try, with my music, to safeguard and preserve a day of peace.’ The album is released as Silvestrov turns 85.
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