Fail Better Family Presents: Maspindzeli Georgian Choir and Slavic Voices Choirs

FAIL BETTER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS (3 events on 6th may):
1-3pm: Fail Better Family presents Young Musicians Concert and Carousel bands
4-6pm: Fail Better presents Maspindzeli Georgian Choir and Slavic Voices choirs
9-11pm: Fail Better presents Faith i Branko and Buffo's Wake Big Band

Fail Better presents a polyphonic programme of music and songs from 2 internationally renowned choirs, presenting folk and singing traditions from the Black Sea and beyond.

Slavic Voices (London and Brighton) present music of all styles from the Slavic world: Orthodox chants, beautiful classics by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and others, refined XVIII-XIX-century art songs and gritty folklore from the far corners of Siberia to the banks of the Black Sea.

The repertoire is sung mainly in Russian but also in Croatian, Macedonian, Ukrainian, and occasionally in Romanian and Bulgarian.

The choir was formed in the Autumn of 2023 under the direction of international performer and cultural activist Polina Skovoroda-Shepherd.

Maspindzeli is a choir devoted to singing songs from the ancient polyphonic tradition of Georgia.
The choir came about in 1999 in response to the growing interest in Georgian singing. Maspindzeli has studied with visiting Georgian teachers, and it makes a specific point of learning authentic styles of singing from various regions of Georgia.

"Maspindzeli" means "host" in Georgian and the choir has sung for the London Georgian community on several occasions.

It has been six times to Georgia as part of the biennial Polyphonic Symposium at the Tbilisi Conservatory of Music. It is led by Bernard Burns.

www.polinashepherd.co.uk
www.maspindzeli.org.uk
Instagram @slavicvoices @maspindzeli_choir
Facebook @Maspindzeli

Recommended for ages 0+

Running time: 120 minutes

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