Official Program - Ohrid Choir Festival

Warsaw School of SocialSciences and HumanitiesChoirWarsaw, PolandEwa Mackiewicz - conductorCompetitionConcertFolkConcertTitle Composer LyricsIl bianco e dolce cigno Jacob Arcadelt -Exsultate Deo Domenico Scarlatti Psalm 81Silent Prayer Mikhail Shukh -Alleluja Romuald Twardowski -Da woskriesniet Boh Dmitry Bortniansky TraditionalAve Maria Javier Busto TraditionalRum, dum, dum Dragan Shuplevski Traditional MacedonianPado dysc Stanisław Wiechowicz Traditional PolishTitle Composer LyricsPado dysc S. Wiechowicz Traditional PolishRum, dum, dum D. Shuplevski Traditional MacedonianAch, ty stiep’ D. Pechnikov Traditional UkrainianShchedryk M. Leontovich Ukrainian New Year’s ChantLa cucarachaTraditional MexicanShalom aleikemTraditional Hebrew39Concert ofSacred MusicTitle Composer LyricsSilent Prayer M. Shukh -Mother of God J. Tavener -Exsultate Deo D. Scarlatti Psalm 81Ave Maria J. Busto TraditionalAlleluja R. Twardowski -We are an academic choir from the WarsawSchool of Social Sciences andHumanities of Poland. The group was establishedin 2001. We have performed at manyconcerts, festivals and competitions, such as“The Night of Russian Opera” (2005), “Candide”by Leon Bernstein (2006), SymphonyNo. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler (2007),International Festival of the OrthodoxChurch Music “Boh je laska” in Slovakia(2008), Video Games Live! Show (2009), InternationalFestival of the Orthodox ChurchMusic “Hajnówka 2009” in Poland (2009,second place prize) and the International Festivalof Choir Music by Felix Nowowiejskiin Poland (2010, second place prize).Ewa Mackiewicz has been the conductor of the WSSSH Choir since the very beginning of the choir’sexistence. She is an alumna of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (composition, conducting andtheory of music, 2002).