When the north speaks
the languages of the world
Karelian Male Choir
“
There cloudberries form a flowered cover
There boulders like ram foreheads are watching you
There the broad lands breathe with arctic coldness,
Freezing in the vice of the ocean waves...
There boulders like ram foreheads are watching you
There the broad lands breathe with arctic coldness,
Freezing in the vice of the ocean waves...
We are in numbers
2007
The year when we've
started singing together
started singing together
250+
Concerts and perfomances
since the beginning
since the beginning
4
CDs was recorded and published
Each performance of the choir is counted and we are still here to perform great variety of music, we know that we want to discover new music and new approaches for singing, that's why our way will be long, tough and no one ever know when its end.
Last CD "To The Nothern Land" (2018)
The highest peak of our recordings is brand new 2018 disk which proudly entitled "To The Northern Land". The title comes fromplaces from where ourselves and the song of the same name composed by Nikolay Mishukov.
1. Nikolay Mishukov — To the Northern Land
2. Jānis Ozoliņš — Migla, migla
3. Down the Volga River (Russian folk song arranged by Alexander Svechnikov)
4. Not for Me (Cossack folk song)
5. The Black Raven (Russian folk song arranged by Avenir Mikhailov)
6. Nikolay Mishukov — The Old Man and the Old Horse
7. Once Early Morning
8. Olga Viktorova — In the Middle of the World
9. Viktor Kallinnikov — We Sing to You
Georgy Sviridov — Three monastic stikheres:
10. Early-Morning Song
11. The Kontakion of the Pharisee and the Publician
12. Lord, I Called Thee…
13. Franz Biebl — Ave Maria
14. Liisa Hirsch — Vari
15. Michael McGlynn — Dúlamán
16. Darius Milhoud — Psalm 121
1. Nikolay Mishukov — To the Northern Land
2. Jānis Ozoliņš — Migla, migla
3. Down the Volga River (Russian folk song arranged by Alexander Svechnikov)
4. Not for Me (Cossack folk song)
5. The Black Raven (Russian folk song arranged by Avenir Mikhailov)
6. Nikolay Mishukov — The Old Man and the Old Horse
7. Once Early Morning
8. Olga Viktorova — In the Middle of the World
9. Viktor Kallinnikov — We Sing to You
Georgy Sviridov — Three monastic stikheres:
10. Early-Morning Song
11. The Kontakion of the Pharisee and the Publician
12. Lord, I Called Thee…
13. Franz Biebl — Ave Maria
14. Liisa Hirsch — Vari
15. Michael McGlynn — Dúlamán
16. Darius Milhoud — Psalm 121
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The third release which included multiple European pieces along with traditional Russian songs. We took a deep breath before starting this one in order to get the high quality audio record.
1. Pyotr Tchaikovsky — Why Did the Voice of Joy Die Down
2. Pyotr Tchaikovsky — Penitential Prayer for Russia
3. Pavel Chesnokov — Let My Prayer Come True (solo by Semen Musatov)
4. Konstantin Shvedov — Our Father
5. Sergei Taneyev — Sphinx
6. Robert Schumann — Freiheitslied (Freedom Song)
7. Corrado Margutti — J`aime (I Love)
8. Vaclav Jindrich Veit — The Beetle and the Rose
9. Not Anythihg is Ripping in the Field (Russian folk songarranged by B.Shlyachter)
10. Legend of Twelve Robbers (Russian folk song arranged by A.Umnov, solo by Vladimir Polysalov)
11. In the Forge (Russian folk song arranged by A.Sveshnikov)
1. Pyotr Tchaikovsky — Why Did the Voice of Joy Die Down
2. Pyotr Tchaikovsky — Penitential Prayer for Russia
3. Pavel Chesnokov — Let My Prayer Come True (solo by Semen Musatov)
4. Konstantin Shvedov — Our Father
5. Sergei Taneyev — Sphinx
6. Robert Schumann — Freiheitslied (Freedom Song)
7. Corrado Margutti — J`aime (I Love)
8. Vaclav Jindrich Veit — The Beetle and the Rose
9. Not Anythihg is Ripping in the Field (Russian folk songarranged by B.Shlyachter)
10. Legend of Twelve Robbers (Russian folk song arranged by A.Umnov, solo by Vladimir Polysalov)
11. In the Forge (Russian folk song arranged by A.Sveshnikov)
Karelian State Pedagogical Academy Male Choir II
We take a deep breath before starting the next disk which we performed on the next quality level. Released in 2011.
The second release was in 2009, a year later. First time we included a German piece which we started to perform.
1. Lev Sivukhin — Mens Brotherhood
2. Lev Sivukhin — To the Fallen Friend
3. Vissarion Shebalin — The Winter Road
4. Alfons Urbahne — Was sind schon hundert Jahre
5. Valeriy Gavrilin — Two Brothers
6. Igor Matvienko — Horse
7. In the Forge (Russian folk song arranged by A.Sveshnikov)
1. Lev Sivukhin — Mens Brotherhood
2. Lev Sivukhin — To the Fallen Friend
3. Vissarion Shebalin — The Winter Road
4. Alfons Urbahne — Was sind schon hundert Jahre
5. Valeriy Gavrilin — Two Brothers
6. Igor Matvienko — Horse
7. In the Forge (Russian folk song arranged by A.Sveshnikov)
Karelian State Pedagogical Academy Male Choir
The second release made in 2009.
Alexey Umnov gathered his friends and student to start a new collective he always was dreaming about. This disk showed the result of first year of work. Sold out in 2009.
1. Pyotr Tchaikovsky — Trisvyatoe
2. Troytsko-Sergieva Lavra chant — The prayor spilt
3. Pavel Chesnokov — Do not reject me in my Ages
4. Viktor Kallinnikov — We sing to You
5. Tomás Luis de Victoria — Una hora
6. Antonio Lotti — Miserere
7. Dmitrii Bortnyanski — The concert for the choir №3
8. Lev Sivukhin — To the Fallen Friend
9. César Cui — The tears of People
10. Sergei Slonimski — There across the river
11. Leo Shwarz — As the mist has fallen
12. Vissarion Shebalin — The winter road
13. Vissarion Shebalin — Sagebrush
14. Mikhail Glinka — Knights' Romance
1. Pyotr Tchaikovsky — Trisvyatoe
2. Troytsko-Sergieva Lavra chant — The prayor spilt
3. Pavel Chesnokov — Do not reject me in my Ages
4. Viktor Kallinnikov — We sing to You
5. Tomás Luis de Victoria — Una hora
6. Antonio Lotti — Miserere
7. Dmitrii Bortnyanski — The concert for the choir №3
8. Lev Sivukhin — To the Fallen Friend
9. César Cui — The tears of People
10. Sergei Slonimski — There across the river
11. Leo Shwarz — As the mist has fallen
12. Vissarion Shebalin — The winter road
13. Vissarion Shebalin — Sagebrush
14. Mikhail Glinka — Knights' Romance
Male Choir of Karelian State Pedagodical University
The first disk of Male Choir released in 2008.
Karelian Male Choir was founded in April 2007. Since then the choir's goal was to unite the amateur singers whose passion was music and whose hearts were open to the new and to the bright. During these years the choir changed its names, but the main goals remained the same. Karelian Male Choir varies its repertoire a lot and performs pieces in different European languages.
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Conductor
Alexey Umnov
The Founder, Artistic Director and Conductor
Alexey is an alumnus of the Ryazan choral chapel for boys and young men "Lubomyr". He finished the Ryazan Musical College on a trumpet class in 2004 and continued the education in the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory as a choral conductor.
Since 2009 he has been working at the Conservatory as an assistant professor at the Choral Conducting Department. In different years he directed some youthful vocal ensembles ("Vivat" - 2005-2012, "Solovushki" - 2012-2015). From 2006 to 2008 he worked as a choirmaster in award winning choir the Petrozavodsk State University Choir.
He founded the Karelian Male Choir in 2007 and the Male Choir Singing Centre in Petrozavodsk in 2016.
Since 2009 he has been working at the Conservatory as an assistant professor at the Choral Conducting Department. In different years he directed some youthful vocal ensembles ("Vivat" - 2005-2012, "Solovushki" - 2012-2015). From 2006 to 2008 he worked as a choirmaster in award winning choir the Petrozavodsk State University Choir.
He founded the Karelian Male Choir in 2007 and the Male Choir Singing Centre in Petrozavodsk in 2016.
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Contacts
Feel free to contact us, we are always open for new collaboration.
Alexey Umnov
Artistic director and conductor
umnalex85@gmail.com
Oleg Gusev
Coordinating manager
eleset@gmail.com
Artistic director and conductor
umnalex85@gmail.com
Oleg Gusev
Coordinating manager
eleset@gmail.com
Rehearsals address (not for mail)
Engelsa st. 5
Petrozavodsk, Karelia
Russia 185035
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