Liturgy No. 2 Roman Hurko: Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Vydubychi Church Chorus
Conductor: Volodymyr Viniar
Priest: Fr. Taras Kobyrenko
Recorded in St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Komora Studios, Kyiv Ukraine, 2003
About
Roman Hurko was born in 1962 in Toronto, Canada to parents of Ukrainian descent. He has worked primarily as an opera stage director. In the last three years, he has composed three consecutive works of sacred liturgical music. He has written music for two plays – A light from the East (1990), and Explosions (1992) for the Yara Arts Group at La Mama Experimental Theater Club in New York City.
In 2000, he recorded Liturgy 2000 with the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle in Chicago to commemorate the second millennium of Christianity. In 2001, he recorded Requiem for the Victims of Chernobyl, with the Frescoes of Kyiv Chamber Choir.
The Vydubychi Church Chorus was founded in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the beginning of the revival of Ukrainian Orthodoxy. It was one of the first church choirs in Kyiv to reinstate the singing of divine liturgies in Ukrainian. Since 1993 the Vydubychi Chorus has sung in the 11th-century St. Michael’s Church at the Vydubytsky Monastery in Kyiv.
With a repertoire of sacred works, Christmas carols, and Ukrainian folk music, the chorus performs in concerts and festivals, including the 4th International Symposium of Choral Music (Sydney, Australia 1996), Grand Tour of Canada (May 1997) and Christmas Tour of Belgium (1998).
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