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The Russian song "Borodino" (The Battle of Borodino) was performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 65th Anniversary Concert.
Arranged by Denis Mickiewicz, founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus.
Conductor: Stepan Sveshnikov.
Filming & editing: Bill Crumlic, CrumlicMedia production.
October 14, 2018, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
🎶 This song and the entire album "Mnogaya L'eta: 65 Years of the Yale Russian Chorus" are available for listening on any streaming platforms: band.link/Gtnqu
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The song "Borodino" (The Battle of Borodino) is a setting of a lyrical poem by M. Lermontov (1814-1841), written in 1837 for the 25th anniversary of the War of 1812. Lermontov's poem was set to music by an unknown author, after which it became widespread among the people, especially among soldiers.
The Battle of Borodino on September 7, 1812 is revealed through a dialogue between a young soldier a veteran soldier, a wise and astute participant in the liberation war. The soldier very accurately conveys the epochal moods characteristic of the national beginning. Artistically expressive and documentarily accurate, he describes the events of the legendary battle, adding to it everyday details, human characters, emotional coloring and the atmosphere of universal patriotism.
📌 Lyrics:
“Tell me, old-timer, it was not for nothing, was it,
That Moscow was set on fire
And given up to the French?
After all, there’d been bitter fighting --
And how bloody it was, they say!
All Russia rightly remembers
That day at Borodino!”
For a long time, we retreated silently,
We were frustrated, itching for battle,
The old boys were grumbling,
“What are we doing? Going to winter quarters?
Don’t our commanders dare
To rip apart foreign uniforms
With our Russian bayonets?”
Yes, there were real men in our day:
A powerful, bold tribe.
Heroes, giants - not like you.
They had a bad time of it:
Few of them returned from the battlefield …
Had it not been God’s will,
They would not have abandoned Moscow!
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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.
Thanks to KZbin, we are pleased to share these recordings with online audiences around the world who share our passion for this music.
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