Music of the Soul

Tivat Music Festival
2025

June 20 2025, 9 p.m.
Church of St. Sava

Partner of the program:

 

Music of the Soul

THE CONSTANTINE VOCAL ENSEMBLE

PROGRAM

Josif Marinković (1851–1931)
Our Father
Kosta Manojlović (1890–1949)
Hymn to St. Sava
Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia (1933)
Agios o Theos
Kosta Manojlović
Virgin Mother of God
Traditional Chant / Stanojlo Rajičić / Bojan Stanković
15th-Century Motet
Grigory Davidovsky (1866–1952)
Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart (soloist: Ivan
Stojanović, bass)
Grigory Lvovsky (1830–1894)
Now the Powers of Heaven
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914)
We Praise Thee, O God
Vsevold Dudnik
Tell Me, O Lord
Branko Cvejić (1882–1951)
Rejoice Today, O Zion
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Rejoice
Eucharistic Canon, from the Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom (soloist: MA Mihajlo Lazarević, tenor)
Miodrag Govedarica (1950–2025)
The Body of Christ
Traditional Chant / Maxim Kotogarov
Praise the Name of the Lord

 

Artists

The Constantine Vocal Ensemble, founded in Niš in 2008, bases its concert repertoire on works by both domestic and international composers across genres including ethno, pop, rock, jazz, film, and sacred music. The ensemble performs original arrangements and compositions written specifically for them. Constantine promotes and affirms chamber and non-traditional vocal ensembles and preserves the musical culture of Niš, Serbia, and the broader region. Members of the group have performed at numerous concerts and festivals in Serbia and abroad: at Sava Center (Belgrade), the Army Hall (Niš), Banski Dvor (Banja Luka), Mokranjac Days (Negotin), and the Niš Music Festival, and in Białystok (Poland), Minsk (Belarus), and cities across the United Kingdom during their UK tour. The group is the recipient of the most prestigious award of the City of Niš – the January 11 Award, alongside
the Vojsilav Ilić First Prize for authentic performance of sacred music at the International Festival of Sacred Choral Music Choirs Among the Frescoes, the First Prize and Gold Medal at the First Interkultur International Festival of Choirs and Vocal Ensembles in Vrnjačka Banja, the Grand Prix at the International Klapa Festival in Perast, and honors at the Belgrade Choral Festivities. For the PGP RTS record label, the vocal group has recorded two albums: Singing at the Break of Dawn and Heritage.

Useful information

Time

9 p.m.

Location

Church of St. Sava

Tivat Music Festival

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