ROMANOS CHRISTMAS HYMN (piece for choir)

Piece for choir and zithers
Durata. app. 18 mIN.
fIRST performance 1996, in St Mary Church in Helsingborg Sweden

Choir: Felicitas
Conductor: Per Nyrén
Composer: Jeanette Sollén
On zithers: Jeanette Sollén and Jens Rönn
Lyrics: Romanos (sung in ancient greek)

Saint Romanos the Melodist or the Hymnographer, was one of the greatest of Syrio-Greek hymnographers, called “the Pindar of rhythmic poetry”.He flourished during the sixth century, which is considered to be the “Golden Age” of Byzantine hymnography.

*live Recorded at concert by lars larsson