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PaTRAM Institute's oktavist: Glenn Miller chats about 'Rachmaninoff 'All-Night Vigil' with Florida's WFSU Radio

Interview with WFSU

Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil” was released on March 23rd. Maestra Ekaterina Antonenko, conducted the 52-member PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, a GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble, which sang the world premiere arrangement adapted for male choir, with Igor Morozov, Evgeny Kachurovsky and Alexis V. Lukianov as the featured soloists. The singers hail from Russia, Serbia, North America, and Australia.

The PaTRAM Institute All-Male Choir™ recorded the CD from June 22nd thru June 25th, 2022 at the Church of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, with multi-Grammy award winning production company, Soundmirror, led by multi-Grammy winning producer Blanton Alspaugh and multi-Grammy winning recording engineer, John Newton.

The reviews of the new CD have begun to be published and are stellar, even exuberant. Ralph Moore, of MusicWeb International said, “..this new version of Rachmaninov’s masterpiece is sung with great reverence and dignity; both the direction and the engineering are impeccable.” 

Alexis Lukianov, Founder and Chairman of PaTRAM Institute said, “It was so moving to be in the Holy Land to worship, perform and record Rachmaninoff’s beautiful music in Jerusalem and Gethsemane, as well as to sing and pray at the many sacred sites. This truly was an epic tour for our choir. We are overjoyed and humbled to visit the holiest of holy places."

The mission of PaTRAM Institute™ is to foster the authentic and original splendor of Russian Orthodox choral music together with its astounding spiritual depth, in both the English and Slavonic languages. PaTRAM Institute performs world-class, professional recordings in unique venues featuring its award-winning international ensembles; distinctive concert performance events; and educational programs.

Alexis Lukianov, Founder and Chairman of PaTRAM Institute said, “It was so moving to be in the Holy Land to worship, perform and record Rachmaninoff’s beautiful music in Jerusalem and Gethsemane, as well as to sing and pray at the many sacred sites. This truly was an epic tour for our choir. We are overjoyed and humbled to visit the holiest of holy places."

The mission of PaTRAM Institute™ is to foster the authentic and original splendor of Russian Orthodox choral music together with its astounding spiritual depth, in both the English and Slavonic languages.

PaTRAM Institute performs world-class, professional recordings in unique venues featuring its award-winning international ensembles; distinctive concert performance events; and educational programs.

PaTRAM is a non-profit 501-c3 organization in their 10th year of existence and headquartered in Tiburon, CA. 

Northern Florida's WFSU Radio discussed the recording with Patram's Glenn Miller.    LISTEN