Moscow International House of Music
Today was the day! Libera performed in Moscow for the first time! And thanks to Patrick from France, we have a first-hand account of it. All photos are his, so if you copy any, please give him credit. :)
The lobby before the concert with Libera on the display screen.
Robert Prizeman stood at this center music stand.
Stage before concert. The concert must have been sold out, because
you can see people at the upper left level who stood during the concert!
Audience before the concert. Do you see yourself in this picture? :)
There were 22 boys there, all the same boys who were at the London concert last month except for James Menezes and Mark Ustynovych-Repa. We are also still missing Ben Fairman. Hope they all are OK. They were missed!
1. Marc Alvares
2. Shay Balsekar
3. Ciaran Bradbury-Hickey
4. Merlin Brouwer
5. Gabriel Collins
6. Thomas Delgado-Little
7. Alex Gula
8. Matthew Jansen
9. Timothy Lee
10. Isaac London
11. Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti
12. Matthew Madine
13. Michael Menezes
14. Alex Montoro
15. Jakub Niedermaier-Reed
16. Cassius O'Connell-White
17. Matthew Rangel-Alvares
18. Bertie Smart
19. Camden Stewart
20. Rocco Tesei
21. Sam Wiggin
22. Lucas Wood
Artistic Director - Robert Prizeman
Flute - Candice Hamel
Keyboards - Joshua Madine
Percussion - Jonathan Ormston
Tom singing "Ave Maria" ~ photo by Official Libera
Libera during the final applause!! :D
The song list is amazing! This may be the best song list that includes Christmas carols ever! First, the audience got to hear Voca Me. But add to that Wexford Carol, Carol of the Bells, Ave Maria, Wayfaring Stranger, Amazing Grace, Song of Life, and How Shall I Sing That Majesty. Now as if that isn't over-the-top spectacular enough, they ended with What a Wonderful World!!! Whaaaat?!! I think I'm going to faint. Seriously. Some songs were replaced or moved around compared to the program, (but I'll notate that) so that makes it the same song list as at last month's London concert but in a slightly different order.
Robert Prizeman stood down on the main floor at a music stand at the center. There were 9 other musicians besides the 3 listed above, so I am assuming they were hired in Russia as Libera usually does.
Song List -
1. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
2. Joy to the World
3. What Child is This
4. The Prayer
5. Sanctus
6. Voca Me
7. Wexford Carol (replaced Still, Still, Still)
8. Carol of the Bells
9. Ave Maria - solo by Tom DL who was top-of-form!
10. How Shall I Sing That Majesty
~Interval~
11. Conditor Alme Siderum
12. Angels We Have Heard On High
13. Away In a Manger
14. Wayfaring Stranger
15. Amazing Grace
16. Gaudete
17. Song of Life
18. How Great Thou Art
19. Silent Night
20. In Dulci Jubilo
Encore - What a Wonderful World
There were very long applause after each song with many in the audience yelling "Bravo!" After the last song, the applause and yelling were so long and loud, that Robert Prizeman had to motion to the audience to quiet down a bit so they could sing "What a Wonderful World" for the encore! Yay, for Russian fans!!! It sounds like they LOVE Libera!!! :D
The concert program is printed in Russian Cyrillic and English!
Concert program cover
Concert program song list part 1
Concert program song list part 2
Concert program explaining Libera
If you would like to see more fans photos (especially if you can read Russian Cyrillic) you can join
1. The Russian fan forum vk.com/liberafans
2. Russian blogger George's site Chori ANGeLORUM
George should have his concert review written by tomorrow.
Stay tuned for Patrick's full review of the concert! We need to let him fly home first. :D
Libera leaving the concert hall.
Congratulations on such a great concert, boys! :D