The Orthodox chant "Blazhen Muzh" (Blessed is the Man) was performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 60th Anniversary Concert.
Transcribed by Denis Mickiewicz, founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus.
Conductor: Denis Mickiewicz.
Filming & editing: Bill Crumlic, CrumlicMedia production.
November 13, 2013, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
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"Blazhen Muzh" (Blessed is the Man) is a chant of selected verses taken from the first and second psalms of the Psalter. The chant originated in the Kiev Cave Monastery, one of the oldest and most revered sites in Russian Orthodoxy.
This chant is sung during Sunday Vespers (both as part of the All-Night Vigil and separately). A nine-fold Alleluia follows each verse. The piece concludes with a nine-fold Alleluia which includes the doxology ("Glory to Thee, O God").
Christian theologians often use this image created by the prophet David, the image of two paths-the path of the righteous and the path of the sinner. The first gives a person true happiness, the second way deprives this happiness, and with it abolishes the meaning of life.
📌 Lyrics:
Blessed is the man,
Hallelujah,
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly.
Hallelujah.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
And the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Hallelujah.
Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice unto Him with trembling.
Hallelujah.
Praise be to Thee, O God.
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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.
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