Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Leontovych)
The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (
History
The
Mykola Leontovych had a professional theological education from the
Leontovych completed the liturgy in February 1919 and conducted the debut performance of the work on May 19 of the same year in the Mykolaiv Cathedral in the
Popularity
Unlike his compositions based on poetry and folk themes, which were constantly performed throughout the twentieth century, Leontovych's sacred music, and that of his predecessors, was banned in the Soviet Union. For this reason, his sacred music, including his liturgy, is not well known.[8]
Composition
Composed in the early twentieth century, Leontovych's liturgy was an entirely new phenomenon in Ukrainian
The piece is considered a milestone in the development of Ukrainian spiritual music.
Nataliya Kostyuk, Ph.D. describes the piece to have a feeling of warmth and sincerity from the beginning to the end of all 24 sections of the cycle. She also notes the many forms of sound: the clear chamberness ("Bless the Lord oh my soul"), the sacral simplicity of a sermon ("In Thy kingdom", "Creed"), mystical contemplation ("Cherubic hymn"), and festive calls ("Only begotten Son", "It is worthy"). In almost all sections of the piece predominate clear, light tones and follow the manner of monastic men's singing consistent with that of a church service.[6]
Structure
The liturgy consists of the following movements:[8]
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Recordings
- The Revival Spiritual Choir recorded an album titled Mykola Leontovych. Spiritual Works. in 2004.[10]
- The Kyiv Chamber Choir recorded the liturgy in 2005 in an album titled Mykola Leontovych. Spiritual Works.[11]
- The Dumka National Academic Choir of Ukraine conducted by Dr. Yevhen Savchuk recorded the liturgy with soprano E. Voroshylova, tenor K.Kleyn, baritone I.Babyuk, bass V.Hryshchuk as a soloists.[12]
Many other groups have recorded albums about Ukrainian choral music that simply contain excerpts of the liturgy by Mykola Leontovych along with the choral music of many other composers.[13][14][15][16]
See also
- Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Tchaikovsky)
- Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Rachmaninoff)
- Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Mokranjac)
References
- ^ Timothy Ware. The Orthodox Church: New Edition. (London: Penguin Books, 1997), 268.
- ^ a b c Kuzyk, Valentyna. "Mykola Dmytrovych LEONTOVYCH". National Organization of Composers of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ a b Section 2 of History of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Our Liturgy Explained Presentation of the Ukrainian Catholic Church website. Retrieved 2012-11-1
- ^ Що таке ЛІТУРГІЯ (What is a Liturgy) slovopedia.org.ua online Ukrainian dictionary database (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b c d Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych) article on parafia.org.ua by Nataliya Kostyuk
- ^ РЕКВІЄМ ПО ЛЕОНТОВИЧУ (Requiem for Leontovych) Article by Olha Melnyk for Ukrayinska Hazeta (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b Микола Леонтович. Духовні твори, 2005 р. (Mykola Leontovych. Sacred Music, 2005) movements and liner notes from track listing of recording of the liturgy (in Ukrainian) (translation)
- ^ «Щедрик» Леонтовича лунає по всьому світу ("Shchedryk" of Leontovych sounds around the entire world) pravda.if.ua (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Хор духовной музыки "Відродження" ("Возрождение"). Николай Леонтович. Духовные произведения. album on umka.com (in Russian)
- ^ [http://umka.com/eng/catalogue/choral-art/kyiv-chamber-choir-mykola-leontovych-sacred-creations.html Kyiv Chamber Choir. Mykola Leontovych. Sacred Creations] album on umka.com (in English)
- ^ Николай Леонтович - Хоровые произведения (in Russian)
- ^ Благовість, 1997 р. (Blahovist, 1997)) album on parafia.org.ua (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Молитва за Україну, 2000 р. (Prayer for Ukraine, 2000) album on parafia.org.ua (in Ukrainian)
- ^ For Your Spirit, 2002 р. album on parafia.org.ua (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Український хор «Дзвіночок» — 2004 (Ukrainian choir "Dzvinochok" -2004)) album parafia.org.ua (in Ukrainian)