Dear friends, we are happy to share with you this little video memory!

We take you with us into the past. To where the acquaintance of the Yale Russian Chorus with the song Akh ty, step' shirokaya begins...

#backstage

This video will slightly open the curtain and allow you to immerse yourself in the rehearsal process with us.

We will share with you our impressions of coming into contact with Russian choral music; discuss its meaning, content, idea and soul.

And we sincerely hope that this will allow you to understand a little more our motivation and approach to learning musical material, the essence of which has not changed to this day.

Timecodes:

00:00 Greeting
00:18 What will be in this video?
00:54 Akh ty, step' shirokaya a masterpiece!
01:12 Features of Russian singing
01:36 History and content of the song
02:45 Denis Mickiewicz about RAZGUL
04:01 About transcendence
04:31 What was it like to perform this song?
05:10 Gratitude

📹 This video is an excerpt from Khoristoria, a documentary film produced and filmed by Catherine Mattingly.

Editor: Lewis Johnson.

🎶 This song and the entire album "Mnogaya L'eta: 65 Years of the Yale Russian Chorus" are available for listening on any streaming platforms: https://band.link/Gtnqu

#YaleRussianChorus #РусскийХорЙельскогоУниверситета

Welcome to our channel!

The Yale Russian Chorus is the oldest singing group in the New World dedicated to the music of Russia and nearby countries. The YRC was founded 1953 at the height of the Cold War. Founders: Denis Mickiewicz and George Litton.

Singers join while students at Yale, and many stay active throughout their lives. Every year or so we hold a major concert in which students and alumni sing together. Many alumni also join the students on tours to Russia.

Without a doubt, each of us had our own motivation to join the Russian choir. But we offer you a quote from one of the members of our choir, which unites us to some extent and explains a little the meaning of the choir in our lives: "Singing the music of the YRC in the style we sang it, was an antidote to the intellectualism that got many of us into Yale in the first place, but that could be so restrictive to the heart and spirit".

The singers are not Russians, or emigrants from Russia, but are students and former students who share a passion for the music and a belief in the power of music to build connections between people of different countries.

Thanks to YouTube, we are pleased to share these recordings with online audiences around the world who share our passion for this music.

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We have toured Russia and Eastern Europe many times, and will do so again when the COVID-19 pandemic is over 🌿

➞ To support our mission of choral excellence and cultural engagement, visit http://yrcalums.org/donate

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