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The Russian soldier's song "Za Dunayem" (Beyond the Danube) was performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 60th Anniversary Concert.
Arranged by Denis Mickiewicz, founding conductor of the Yale Russian Chorus.
Conductor: John Stewart.
Filming & editing: Bill Crumlic, CrumlicMedia production.
November 13, 2013, 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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"Za Dunayem" (Beyond the Danube) is a song-march from the opera The Decembrists by Yu. Shaporin (1887-1966) based on the play Polina Gable by A. Tolstoy (1883-1945), libretto by V. Rozhdestvensky (1895-1977). The song is sung by a chorus of soldiers as they march to the Senate Square (Act II, Scene 3). The lyrics belong to A. Tolstoy. Like the old soldier's songs, the song "Za Dunayem" fully conveys the heroic spirit and mood of the rebellious soldiers.
The opera was developed over the course of almost three decades. Conceived as an intimate love-lyrical drama, in the process it transformed into a monumental heroic and patriotic work-one of the most significant of the musical theater of the Soviet period. The premiere of the opera took place in 1953 at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow. This is the largest musical and stage work dedicated to the events of December 1825.
The most exciting parts of the opera are connected with the collective portrait of the Decembrists created by heroic male choirs and ensembles.
📌 Lyrics:
Beyond the Danube,
Beyond the Danube river,
Our men were on the march
Against the Turkish forces.
Back home, in a little garden,
In a green garden,
A beauty of a wife
Stayed behind.
Beyond the Danube,
Beyond the Danube river,
Sharp sabers, sharp sabres,
Sharp sabres flash.
Ho, Vanya's reckless head
has rolled,
When she found out, she sobbed,
That beauty of a wife.
Beyond the Danube river …
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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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