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The Metropolitan Opera Presents "A Concert for Ukraine" Featuring Valentin Silvestrov's Prayer for the Ukraine

Mar. 10, 2022

On March 14 the Metropolitan Opera will present a "A Concert for Ukraine," a benefit performance to support Ukrainian citizens under attack, with all ticket sales and donations going to support relief efforts in Ukraine. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Met Orchestra and Chorus and star soloists in a 70-minute program which features Valentin Silvestrov's Prayer for the Ukraine, and works by Barber, Verdi, Strauss, and Beethoven. Soloists include Lise Davidsen and Elza van den Heever, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, tenor Piotr Beczała, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green, and Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, who will lead the Met Chorus in a performance of the Ukrainian national anthem.

"A Concert for Ukraine" will be broadcast in the U.S. via many of the radio stations that regularly carry the Met’s Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts, as well as member stations of National Public Radio. Please check your local listing for details. The concert will be broadcast internationally via the European Broadcasting Union, allowing it to be heard in most countries in the world. The concert will also be carried live on Met Opera Radio on Sirius XM (channel 355) and streamed live here.


(A Prayer for Ukraine/Valentin Silvestrov/Kyiv Chamber Choir/
Mykola Hobdych, conductor)


To learn more about Valentin Silvestrov, visit: schott-music.com.

To learn more about Silvestrov's music as well as a wealth of other work by Ukrainian composers, Elena Dubinets's article "Listening to Ukraine" is a fascinating and informative exploration of the country's great contributions to music. Read it here. 

Valentin Silvestrov
A Prayer for Ukraine (2014)
for mixed choir, a cappella
anonymous text
3'

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