Official Program - Ohrid Choir Festival

Chamber choir Te Deum ofKaunas St. Michael the Archangel(Garrison) ChurchKaunas, LithuaniaCompetition ConcertAudrius Petrauskas - conductorTitle Composer LyricsUpon the Mount of Olives Juozas Naujalis Liturgic textO sweet virgin Maria Cornelio di Hollosy Liturgic textCanticorum Jubilo George Frideric Handel Liturgic textChrist became obedient unto death Joost Termont Liturgic textSvescena pesnaTaki Hrisik; Dragan ShuplevskiConcert of Sacred MusicTitle Composer LyricsThe eternal love of God Darius Polikaitis -Quietly quietly Leonidas Abaris Henrika AušrienėSing unto the Lord Alexander Grečaninov Liturgic textThe chamber choir “Te Deum” was founded in 1990 in the Kaunas Christ Resurrection Church,Lithuania, on the initiative of Asta Vištakyte-Armonienė. The choir chanted during feast days andother religious feasts in the churches of Lithuanian towns. In 1992 the choir participated in Youth daysin Czestochowa, Poland during the visit of Pope John Paul ΙΙ. In 1996 Audrius Petrauskas becamethe director of the choir. Since 2003 the choir chants at Kaunas St. Michael the Archangel (Garrison)Church during the summer. In 2004 and 2007 “Te Deum” was the laureate of the sacral music competition“Cantate Domino”. In 2006 they performed together with the wind orchestra of Kaunas Air Forcein Kaunas Town Hall Square. In 2009 the choir found success in the choir competition “LithuanianVoices”, broadcast in Lithuania and worldwide by Lithuanian National Television.The conductorAudrius Petrauskas(born 1970)graduated fromthe LithuanianAcademy of Musicand Theatreand received thechoir conductingMaster’s degree(under the guidanceof ProfessorP. Bingelis). Presentlyhe is a singerin the KaunasState Choir.34