Program of the festival – 6-10 June 2018

On May 30, 2018

XV International festival of Orthodox Music

“Theotokos – It’s truly meet“

Pomorie, 6-10 June 2018

 

6th of June – Wednesday

Untill 16.00 h – Registration of participants in the Festival Press Centre, Tourist information centre, Pomorie, St. Kiril and Methody Square, 1 Tzar Asen  Str.

17.00 h – Official opening of the Festival with welcoming The Icon “It’s truly meet”, Procession of the Choirs and Water blessing

18.30 h – Festival Concert, located in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the centre of Pomorie

  1. Chamber сhoir of the The Bulgarian-Western and Central European Eparchy, “St. Tzar Boris – the Baptist”, Berlin, Germany, vategory 1
  2. Female сhoir “Blagovestie” – Pomorie, Bulgaria, category 1
  3. “St. Naum Ohridski” сhoir – Sofia, Bulgaria, category 2
  4. Joint сhoir comprising Academic сhoir “Belkanto” and Choir of Youth and Stufents – Dubna, Russia, category 3

 

 

 7th of June – Thursday

10.30 – Meeting of the Conductors and Participants (Individual and Choir members) with the Organizing Committee of the Festival in the Art Gallery “Dechko Stoev”. Discussion on Tchaikovsky’s and Rahmaninov’s  Compositions of Church music in honour of their anniversaries: 125-th of Tchaykovsky’s death and 75-th of Rahmaninov’s death.  Lecturer : Chief Priest Kiril Popov

 

Festival Concerts, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

15.30 –  1st concert 

  1. Mixed choir “Pevnitsa”, Aleksinats, Serbia, category 3
  2. Vocal Ensemble ‘’Preobrazhenie”, Jitomir, Ukraine, category 3
  3. Church choir from the Church “Assumption of the Virgin Mary”, Botevgrad, Bulgaria, category 1
  4. Church choir “St. Tihon Amatuntski”, Tihonovo Village, Mendeleev region, Autonomy Republic Tatarstan, Russia, category 1
  5. Church choir “St. John Chrysostom”, Pirot, Serbia, category 1

 

18.00 – 2nd concert

  1. Church choir “St. John Rilski”, Turgovishte, Bulgaria, category 1
  2. Kalin Kirilov, Sofia, Bulgaria, category 2
  3. Family church choir “Cheshma varuita” in “St. Dimitar” Parish , Krinichnoe Village, Bolgradski district , Odessa region, Ukraine, category 1
  4. Girl’s choir from the Church “Assumption of the Virgin Mary”, Krasnogorsk, Russia, category 1

 

20.00 Open Stage – Church сhoir “St Tihon Amatuntski”, Tihonovo Village, Mendeleev region, Autonomy Republic Tatarstan, Russia  and Mixed Choir “Pevnitsa”, Aleksinats, Serbia.

 

 

8th of June – Friday

10.30 – 10:30 Rehearsal of the Joint Choir of the Festival “Dostoino Est” – in the hall of the library (chitaliste) “Prosveta – 1888

Festival concerts, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

15.30 –  1st concert 

  1. Chamber church choir “St. Martyr Panteleymon”, Veles, Macedonia, category 1
  2. Archmonk Ustin Zografski, Sofia, Bulgaria, category 2
  3. 3. Chamber choir “Kristinopol”, Chervonograd, Ukraine, category 3
  4. 4. Vocal Ensemble ”Kantikus De Oris”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, category 3

 

18.00 – 2nd concert

  1. Choir “Nadsyannya”, Lvov – Vinniki, Ukraine, category 3
  2. Quartet from Shipchenski Monastery, Shipka, Bulgaria, category 1
  3. Choir “Sozvuchie”, Art School for children “Michail Ivanovitch Glinka”, Troitsk, Moskow, Russia, category 3
  4. State Opera Choir of Stara Zagora town, Bulgaria, category 3

 

20.00 Open Stage  – Girl’s choir from the Church “Assumption of the Virgin Mary”, Krasnogorsk, Russia and Orthodox Ensemble ‘’Preobrazhenie”, Jitomir, Ukraine

 

 

9th of June – Saturday

Festival Concerts, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the center of Pomorie

15.30 – 1st concert

  1. Church сhoir “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria, category 1
  2. Female сhoir “Voskliknovenie”, Hajnowka, Poland, category 1
  3. Choir “Pokrov na Presveta Bogoroditsa”, Sofia, Bulgaria, category 1
  4. Female сhoir “Renaissance”, Kishinev, Moldova, category 3
  5. Academic mixed chamber choir “Gaudeamus” AMTII , Plovdiv, Bulgaria, category 3

 

18.00 – 2nd concert

  1. Choir “Ave Musica”, Sofia, Bulgaria, category 3
  2. Male choir “Gavrail Muzichesku” , Kishinev, Moldova, category 3
  3. Academic choir “Angel Manolov” at National Student Union, Sofia, Bulgaria, category 3
  4. Mixed choir of the Festival “It’s truly meet”/“Dostoyno est”/

20.00 Open Stage – Family Church choir “Cheshma Varuita” in “St. Dimitar” Parish , Krinichnoe Village, Bolgradski district  Odessa region, Ukraine  and Choir “Ave Musica”, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

10th of June – Sunday

08.00h Matins, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pomorie

09.00h Divine Liturgy will be served by His High Reverence Metropolitan Bishop of Sliven Eparchy – Joanikii, together with Priests of the Parish and Guests, at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – with festival choirs.

09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs  in Bourgas, at Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church

09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs  in Nessebur, at Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church

09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs  in Pomorie, at Holly Transfiguration Church (“Preobrazhenie”)

09.00h Divine Liturgy with Festival Choirs  in Pomorie, at St. George Monastery

11.30 h Gala-concert and Festival Closure

 

Note: Note: The Organizers reserve the right to make amendments to the programme