Georgian and European Church Music

I

State Ensemble of Georgian Folk Song “Basiani”

Georgian Traditional Chants and Songs

Intermission

II

Performers:

Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – “Georgian Sinfonietta”

Guram Kurashvili State Choral Chapel of Abkhazia

Conductor – Cornelia Von Kerssenbrock

Soloists:

Christina Fanelli / Soprano

Benedetta Mazzucato / Contralto

Georg Poplutz / Tenor

Felix Schwandtke / Bass

Sergio Azzolini / Baroque Bassoon

Stjepan Nodilo / Baroque Oboe & Flute

Gabriel Grămesc / Baroque Oboe

Ana Kurdovanidze / Harpsichord, Organ

Diego Cantalupi / Theorbo, Baroque Guitar

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) – “Christmas Oratorio”,  Cantata 5, BWV 248

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679 – 1745) – “Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis” in a minor, ZWV 17