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ACAPELLA COMPOSITIONS FOR MIXED CHOIR • Berezovsky M. “Do Not Cast Me Off” Choral concerto • Bortnyansky D. “Slava V Vyshnikh Bigu!”, canticle for choir in four parts • Vedel A. “By the Rivers of Babylon”, “Open to Me the Doors of Repentance”, Sacred Concerto • Glinka M. “Venetian Night”, “Glory!” • Grechaninov A. “Let Us Come Zealously to The Mother of God”, Choir concerto “Credo”, “The Great Ekteniya”, “Vladyko Dnei Moih” • Darzin’ E. “Broken Pines” • Kostalsky A. Christmas Service pieces: “Christ is Born. Rejoice!”, “I See a Holy Sacrament. Glorification”, “Deva Dness” • Larin A. “Kak Na Matushke, Na Reke Neve”, suite • Ledenev R. “Vzbrannoi Voyevode” • Mozart W.A.. «Ave verum» • Pyart A. “Hail, O Virgin Mother of God” • Rachmaninov S. “The Theotokos, Eve Vigilant in Prayer” • Rubin V. “To Whom We Sing” • Sviridov G. “The Soul is Bound to Miss The Highest” for male choir, lyrics by Sergey Esenin; “Sing to Me That Song” for female choir; two choirs: “The Blizzard”, “Klyen Ty Moi Opavshiy”, lyrics by Sergey Esenin; “Singing About Russia”, lyrics by I. Severyanin; “Our Motherland is Russia”; “The Resurrection” on Tolstoy’s drama “Tsar Fyodor Ioanovich” • Sidelnikov N. “Accordion Last Weeping” from “Cordial Talks” (Cantata) • Stravisnky I. «I Trust» • Strumskiy A. “The Great Glorification” • Taneyev S. “Sunrise”, “Dead Boats”; Twelve Part Songs on Powems by Yak. Polonsky: “At the Tombstone”, “Evening”, “Razvalinu Bashni, Zhilische Orla”, “Behold, What a Mist!”, “On the Boat” • Titov V. Christmas Hymn, Concerto to Poltava Victory for choir • Thompson R. “Hallelujah!” • Falik Y. “A Stranger Woman”, “Habanera”, “God Help You!”, “To-to V Zerkaltse!”, “Bless Love” • Khristov D. “Nyne Otpuschayeschi”, “Praise God’s Name” • Tchaikovsky P. “Why Did the Merry Voices Grow Silent?” for male choir, “Nightingale”, “’Tis Not the Cuckoo in the Damp Pinewood” • Chesnokov P. “Blessed is the Man”, “Angel Cried”, “Let My Prayer Arise”, “From My Youth Up”, “God, Save Your Man” • Shchedrin R. “Da Svyatitsa Imya Tvoe” from “The Sealed Angel”, choral mass; Serenade CHORAL WORKS • Grechaninov A. Passion Week • Larin A. Christmas Carols, cantata, “Russian Passion” • Podgaits E. “Solntsevorot” cantata • Rachmaninov S. All-night V igil, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom • Sviridov G. “Ladoga”, Choral Poem, A Pushkin Wreath, for soloists and choir; хоровой Five Choruses to Lyrics by Russian Poets; “Night Clouds”, Choral Cantata; “Unuttered Miracle”, Six Religious Choruses • Tchaikovsky P. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom • Shchedrin R. Four Choruses to Lyrics by Alexander Tvardovsky RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS • “Oh You, Wide Steppe!” (“Ah Ty, Stepp Shirokaya”), arranged by A. Sveshnikov • “The Baikal”, arranged by A. Larin • “Burya More Razdymayet”, петровский кант XVIII века для мужского хора • “In The Dark Forest” (“V Temnom Lyese”), • “Down The Peterskaya Road”(“Vdol’ Po Piterskoi”), arranged by A. Larin • “Evening Bells” (“Vecherniy Zvon”), arranged by A. Larin • “Downstream Volga-mother” (“Vniz Po Matushke Po Volge”), arranged by A. Sveshnikov for male choir • “The Volga, Deep River” (“Volga, Rechen’ka Glubokaya”), arranged by A. Larin • “Dontsy-Molodtsy”, arranged by A. Larin for male choir • “A Cliff at The Volga-River” (“Yest’ Na Volge Utes”), arranged by A. Larin for male choir • “Iz-za Ostrova Na Styerzhen”, arranged by A. Larin for male choir • “The Cuckoo”, arranged by A. Larin • “Lyubo, Bratsy, Lyubo”, arranged by A. Larin for male choir • The Volga Flows Between Steep Banks” (“Mezh Krutykh Brerzhkov Volga-rechka techet”), arranged by A. Larin for male choir • “On The Hill” (“Na Gorushke Na Gore”), arranged by A. Koposov • «На поле танки грохотали», обр. Ю. Потеенко • «Ой ты, Волга-матушка», обр. А. Ларина • «Очи черные», старинный русский романс в обр. Ю. Потеенко • «Перевоз Дуня держала», обр. А. Ларина • «Пишет, пишет Карла Шведский», обр. казачьей песни А. Ларина • «Радуйся, Росско земле», кант в обр. А. Ларина • «Степь да степь кругом», обр. В Калистратова • «Трубушку трубят», обр. А. Ларина • «Уж ты, зимушка-зима», обр. А. Ларина • «Час да по часу», обр. А. Ларина • «Эй, ухнем», обр. А. Ларина (мужской хор) • «Я вечор млада», обр. А. Копосова • Российские канты и песнопения XVI-XVII веков RUSSIAN VOCAL AND SYMPHONIC MUSIC • Karamanov A. Requiem • Mussorgsky M. Songs and Dances of Death, arrangement for a mixed choir by A. Larin • Prokofiev S. Cantatas: Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible, Zdravitsa • Rakhmaninov S. Cantatas: Spring, Bells, Three Russian Songs • Sviridov G. Oratorio Pathetique, Poem to the Memory of Sergei Yesenin , cantatas: Songs of Kursk, It’s Snowing, The Friendly Guest, Spring Cantata • Scryabin A. Symphonic Poem Prometheus (for solo, chorus and orchestra) • Taneev S. Cantata Ioann Damaskin (John of Damascus) • Tchaikovsky A. Russian Requiem, Symphony No4 • Tchakovsky P. Cantata Moskva, 1812 Overture • Schnitke A. Requiem • Shostakovich D. Babiy Yar Symphony No13 • Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) «A Song of the Ascents”, “Stabat Mater” • Myaskovsky N. Symphony No.6 • Stravinsky I. “Svadebka”, “Symphony of Psalms” • Khachaturian A. “Ode to Joy” • Shchedrin R. “Ozornye Chastushki” from opera “Not Only Lova” • Kancheli G. “Styx” WEST EUROPEAN VOCAL AND SYMPHONIC MUSIC • Bach J.S. Mass in h-moll, Magnificat • Beethoven L. Ninth Symphony • Bernstein L. A Dialogue with God • Brahms J. German Requiem, Rinaldo, a cantata for tenor solo, four-part male chorus and orchestra • Britten B. War Requiem • Brukner A. Te Deum • Verdi G. Requiem, Four Sacred Songs, Hymn of the Nations • Vivaldi A. Mass Gloria • Haydn J. Oratorios: The Creation, The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Nelson Mass • Kancheli G. Stix • Liszt F. Dante Symphony • Mahler G. Symphony No2 • Mozart W.A. Mass in C minor, Requiem • Orff C. Carmina Burana • Pucchini G. Messa Di Gloria • Rossini G. Stabat Mater • Tavener J. The Myrrh-Bearer • Faure G. Requiem • Franz Schubert Messe. Nr. 2. G-dur RUSSIAN AND WEST-EUROPEAN OPERA • Bellini V. Norma • Bizet G. Choirs from the opera Carmen, The Pearl Fishers • Verdi G. Aida, Nabucco, Traviata, Rigoletto, Macbeth, Don Carlos • Glinka M. Life for the Tsar, Ruslan and Lyudmila • Glyuck K. Orpheus, choirs from the opera • Grechaninov A. Dobrynya Nikitich • Delibes L. Lakme • Leoncavallo P. Pagliacci • Mozart W. A. Idomeneo, choirs from the opera • Musorgsky M. Khovanshchina, Boris Godunov • Rachmaninov S. Aleko • Rubinstein A. The Demon, choirs from the opera • Tchaikovsky P. Eugene Onegin, choirs from the opera • Chalaev Sh. Cossacs, Hadji Murat • Shostakovich D. Katerina Izmailova