St Vladimir’s Seminary students, faculty, and guests performed a concert titled “Hymns for the Theotokos & the Lenten Season” on Sunday, March 26 at 5 p.m. EDT in the Three Hierarchs chapel on campus. Three ensembles—a male choir, a women’s choir, and a mixed choir—sang selections of traditional and contemporary hymns from Slavic, Georgian, Middle Eastern, Greek, Malankaran, and modern American composers.
The male and mixed choirs were directed by Dr Harrison Russin, Prokofiev Assistant Professor of Liturgical Music at St Vladimir’s Seminary. First-year seminarian Naomi DeHaan (M.A.’24) directed the women’s choir; several of the pieces sung were arranged for the ensemble by Jaime Rall, a Master of Arts student with a concentration in the sacred arts.
The concert was attended in person by an audience of over one hundred; over 550 people from all over the world registered to attend the event online.
All are welcome to enjoy the recording of the 2023 Lenten Concert on the St Vladimir’s Seminary YouTube Channel. The names of the pieces and their composers are also listed in the video description.
Watch Lenten Concert
