related works
Sutartines : for violin solo and string orchestra / Olga Victorova
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and string orchestra
Scoring:
vn-solo str
Magnificat : for 4 voices / Johann Stadlmayr; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Eternity – Junctions : for chorus a cappella / Bernard Benoliel; words by Emily Dickinson
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
composition
Pomogi mne, Bozhe Gospodi! : for soprano solo and choir a cappella / Olga Victorova
Other authors:
Victorova, Olga
(Composer)
Description:
The music of the choir is based on wedding lamentation “Help me, O Lord My God!” from a collection by Tatiana Kaluzhnikova “Lamentations and songs of traditional Ural wedding” (Yekaterinburg, 2013). In old Russia during a wedding ceremony the bride used to give symbolically her ‘maiden beauty’ to the girlfriends who hadn’t been married yet. This ceremony was accompanied by singing ‘Help me, O Lord My God, to give my maiden beauty to my lovely bridesmaids!’
Olga Victorova