On Saturday, November 19, 2022, a concert dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the great consecration of the church by St. Tikhon (Bellavin) was held in the parish hall of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral.
The event, attended by the rector of the cathedral and Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, clergy, parishioners and many guests, was organized by the Youth Department of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.
Works by Bach, Medtner and Alkan were brilliantly performed by the young virtuoso Vladislav Nazarchuk, who also presented to the wider public for the first time a musical fantasy of his own composition. Vladislav’s debut as a composer drew no less enthusiasm than the works of the acknowledged classics.
Musical pieces alternated with an overview of the history and present-day life of the cathedral and with poems by the first rector of the church, the future Hieromartyr of the Russian Church Protopresbyter Alexander Hotovitzky, presented to the guests by the concert hosts, the head of the Youth Department, Priest Julian Ryabtsev, and Vlada Roslyakova.
The concert concluded with youth gathering participants Ruslan Ibragimov and Oksana Koroleva performing pieces for guitar and two voices in English and Russian.
After the event, the performers and guests had the opportunity to chat informally over tea.
