Concert: The Russian Patriarchate Choir - Russia
Directed by Anatoly Grindenks, the Russian
Patriarchate Choir, composed of 12 singers, is the only ensemble in Russia
to have combined intensive musicological research with its active role
within the Orthodox Church. This Choir has succeeded in deciphering original
manuscripts from the 12th and 17th centuries bringing the music gloriously
back to life and offers skilled, beautifully blended singing. Jerusalem,
02 January 20:00, YMCA - East Jerusalem Bethlehem 03 January 19:30, The
Bethlehem University Chapel
Concert: Byzantine Music of the Greek Orthodox Church
- Greece
The Byzantine Choir was established 30 years
ago by Constantin Zorbas. It is known as the mixed (men & women) Choir
of the all Saints Cathedral of Kallithea (Athens). The Choir has participated
in more than 100 festivals & concerts in Greece and in other countries
and produced 15 CD's. It is considered to be the most popular Choir of
Religious Music. Jerusalem, 03 January 20:00, YMCA - East Jerusalem Bethlehem,
04 January 19:30, The Bethlehem University Chapel
Concert: Carola - Christmas in Bethlehem - Sweden, Norway
The idea of the production is to search the
authenticity of recording at the very spot where Christ was born 2000 years
ago. All the arrangements of the songs are made in Bethlehem and inspired
from the atmosphere in the area of the Church of Nativity. In these songs
Carola has tried to blend modern musical elements with classical styles
in order to be modern yet transcendental at the same time. Jerusalem 04
January 20:00, Ascension Church Bethlehem 05 January 19:30, The Bethlehem
University Chapel