2019 – Yale Russian Chorus tours Russia!
We are back in Russia! After an absence of 15 years the Yale Russian Chorus returned to Russia with a tour in 2019. As part of this tour, we were lucky enough to perform in Moscow, Sergiev Posad, Zaraysk and Rostov the Great.
This trip, people and cities have left a lot of unforgettable impressions and warm memories in our hearts!
We plan to hit the road again when the COVID-19 pandemic ends 🌿
Timecodes:
00:00 "Poidu l' ya" Russian folk song
00:24 Memories of the first trips to Russia
00:37 Return to Russia, after 61 years
00:58 Why we do what we do
01:05 Tour of Russia
➞ You can watch more videos from the 2019 summer tour of Russia here: • Гастроли Русского хора Йельского университ...
#quotes
Statements about our choir from different years, which are included in this video:
"My enthusiasm for the truly heroic work that the Yale Russian Chorus is doing is unbounded. The only tragedy is that we don't have ten or fifty or one hundred choruses such as yours."
Senator (later Vice President) Hubert H. Humphrey, 1960.
"Thank you... for your work in propagating the wonderful choral music of Russia, and for your idea of achieving understanding between our peoples through music."
Mstislav Rostropovich, 2003.
"Without a doubt - unique in the world!"
Choral composer Anton Viskov.
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Welcome to our channel!
The Yale Russian Chorus is the oldest singing group in the New World dedicated to the music of Russia and nearby countries. The YRC was founded 1953 at the height of the Cold War. Founders: Denis Mickiewicz and George Litton.
Singers join while students at Yale, and many stay active throughout their lives. Every year or so we hold a major concert in which students and alumni sing together. Many alumni also join the students on tours to Russia.
Without a doubt, each of us had our own motivation to join the Russian choir. But we offer you a quote from one of the members of our choir, which unites us to some extent and explains a little the meaning of the choir in our lives: "Singing the music of the YRC in the style we sang it, was an antidote to the intellectualism that got many of us into Yale in the first place, but that could be so restrictive to the heart and spirit".
The singers are not Russians, or emigrants from Russia, but are students and former students who share a passion for the music and a belief in the power of music to build connections between people of different countries.
Thanks to YouTube, we are pleased to share these recordings with online audiences around the world who share our passion for this music.
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We have toured Russia and Eastern Europe many times, and will do so again when the COVID-19 pandemic is over 🌿
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