BACH / BEREZOVSKY – Ukrainian Discoveries from the Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin

📅 February 23, 2025, 7:30 PM
📍 Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom), Tauf- und Traukirche des Berliner Doms, Am Lustgarten 1
🎟 Free entry

More than twenty years ago, a sensational discovery was made in one of Kyiv’s archives – a lost collection of sheet music from the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, long thought to have disappeared during World War II. Among these treasures are the works of Maksym Berezovsky (1745–1777), one of the most outstanding composers of the XVIII century, who combined European symphonic tradition with sacred choral harmony.

Berezovsky, born in Hlukhiv, was educated at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and continued his studies in Italy under Giovanni Battista Martini.

This concert is one of the first events marking the 280th anniversary of the composer. The program will feature:

🎼 Alter Ratio (Kyiv) – Premieres of his choral works “Slava i nini: Yedynorodny Syne”, “Cherubimskaya”, “Vnemlyte lyudie”
🎻 Lautten Compagney Berlin“Symphony in C major”
🎤 kammertón (Berlin) – Choral concert “Mylost’ i sud vospoyu”

The program will also include works by Berezovsky’s contemporaries – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (“Orgelsonate auf der Orgel der TTK”, “Streichersinfonien”) and Baldassare Galuppi (“Sinfonia aus La Diavolessa”).

🎤 Moderation:
Olga Prykhodko – Artistic director of Alter Ratio and kammertón, editor and compiler of Berezovsky’s choral works
Christian Filips – Program director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin

This concert is dedicated to the third anniversary of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Don’t miss the opportunity to discover the musical treasures of Ukrainian Classicism in the heart of Berlin.