There are concerts after which you want to speak more quietly. Joseph Haydn's music "The Seven Last Words of Christ" belongs to such works: it has almost no external effects, but a lot of space for thought and attentive listening. On this evening, the State Chamber Orchestra "Virtuosos of Moscow" and the Academic Grand Choir "Masters of Choral Singing" will be on stage. Conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, with the choir led by Lev Kontorovich. The vocal parts are performed by Anna Aglatova, Polina Shamaeva, Alexey Neklyudov, and Igor Podoplelov. The composition of the soloists makes the oratorial version of the piece especially expressive: the human voice here is not an ornament, but the semantic center. In Haydn's work, this piece is structured as a chain of seven slow movements - the composer called them "sonatas." Each sounds like a separate scene, where the light, tension, and breath of the phrase change. Between the sections, Vladimir Spivakov reads excerpts from the Gospel, and the music responds to them without direct commentary: sometimes with restrained, almost chamber-like movement, sometimes with a dense choral fabric, and sometimes with short bursts from the orchestra. The story of the cycle's emergence itself resembles a carefully thought-out ceremony. In the 18th century in Cadiz, in the Santa Cueva church, during Lent, the doors were locked, and in silence, music sounded, replacing the words of the sermon. Haydn composed seven Adagios in a row so as not to tire the listener and keep attention on the semantic line. In the finale, he added the epilogue "II Terremoto" - "Earthquake," a sharp musical gesture after a long internal tension. Where to go in Moscow on the weekend will be suggested by our website.