Theotokos & Evening Song - Bulgaria 2026
Theotokos: A musical dialogue in honour of the Mother of God, celebrating the final day of the Orthodox fesitval of the Dormition of the Mother of God sung in Bachkovo Monastery. Evening Song: a programme of sacred and secular music on the theme of the evening. Both sung in the Regional Ethnographic Museum in Plovdiv as part of our tour of Bulgaria in August 2026.
Theotokos
Svéte Tíhiy - Viktor Kalinnikov
Hail, Gladdening Light - Charles Wood
Blazhén Muzh - P. Chesnokov (Op. 44, No. 2)
Bogoróditse Dévo - Pārt
Ave Maria - Robert Parsons
Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God - John Tavener
Hymn of Light for the Dormition of the Mother of God - N. Golovanov
Bogoróditse Dévo - S. Rachmaninoff
Evening Song
Bogoróditse Dévo - S. Rachmaninoff
The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons
Svéte Tíhiy - Viktor Kalinnikov
The Blue Bird - C.V. Stanford
The Evening Primrose - Benjamin Britten
With a Lily - Eric Whitacre
Hymn of Light for the Dormition of the Mother of God - N. Golovanov
Northern Lights - Ola Gjeilo
Flying - Alan Simmons, arr. Peter Allwood
Draw On Sweet Night - Wilbye
