Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
San Francisco Public Library
Koret Auditorium Main Library
100 Larkin St,
San Francisco, CA
Please join us for unique, first of its kind, event
featuring the majestic sound of Russian bells. The event program comprises:
ü Introduction
On Russian Bells and Bellringing by Mark Galperin;
ü Russian
bell concert by Bellringer Victor Avdienko;
ü Screening
of Blagovest Bells' film A Voice of Pure Earth: The Sacred Bells of Russia.
San Francisco Symphony’s extraordinary percussionist Mr.
Avdienko will play a Russian peal (kolokola)–a set of authentic Russian bronze
bells in a unique secular performance.
The 6-bell peal was cast in 2014 by Pyatkov & Co., a famous modern
Russian bell foundry, and the bell instrument (zvonnitsa) was built in 2015 by
Blagovest Bells of Novato, California– the sole promoter of Russian bells and
bell-ringing in the U.S. The program of
the concert will include several traditional chimes (zvons), a few contemporary
pieces, and some improvisations.
Cost: Free
