From church singing, to contemporary religious creation. Marginalia on the
irst Audition of the Oratory Calls to Salvation. Pilgrims at Saint Paraskeva by
Viorel Munteanu
From church singing, to contemporary religious creation. Marginalia on the
irst Audition of the Oratory Calls to Salvation. Pilgrims at Saint Paraskeva by
Viorel Munteanu This text is an analysis of a musical composition signed by
Viorel Munteanu and entitled “Calls to Salvation. Pilgrims at Saint Paraskeva“.
One of the composers for whom the combination of faith and artistic creed, of
theology and musical art has manifested naturally, in various musical genres is
Viorel Munteanu, an outstanding personality of Romanian music and a beloved
professor in Iasi who enjoyed a well-deserved recognition in the Romanian and
European artistic environments. The distinguished musician composed the Oratory
Calls to Salvation. Pilgrims at Saint Paraskeva for singers, reciter, chorus,
Byzantine choir, children’s choir and orchestra inspired by the Byzantine
monody, presented in first absolute audition on October 16, 2017, on the stage
of National Theater Vasile Alecsandri in Iasi. The work of the distinguished
musician Viorel Munteanu will remain a model of artistic creation inspired by
the local psaltic tradition and which reflects the Romanian spirituality in
full.
ELENA CHIRCEV
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