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Sunday, June 14, 2009

-=Korean Orthodox Chant=-

 Today, I decided to drop by St. Nick's Orthodox Cathedral in Seoul.  The entire divine liturgy suddenly made me want to go home:  It's been a VERY long time since I've attended St. Mike's in NY.  After the liturgy, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the choir had put out a CD earlier this year.  Without any thought, I knew I had to get it, and I am thankful I did.

According to The Metropolitan of Korea Ambrosios (as stated in the CD booklet):

"This is the first of a series of CD's that will follow with the sole purpose to introduce Koreans to the musical thesaurus of Byzantine tradition.  According to experts, Byzantine music bears a similarity with the Korean traditional music, and for this reason it can be accompanied by the Korean traditional instruments.  We hope that this initiative, being the first of its kind, will be duly appreciated by the music-loving Korean public and that music can become a bridge of communication between the Korean and Byzantine musical heritage."

First, here is O Virgin Pure in the original Greek:



And here's a youtube video of the Korean 'version' which I just found online.  It's the first track to their CD "Let my prayer rise" which is sung in a traditional Korean style (I'm not sure of the exact style of singing):



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Makes me homesick!
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