First Mass held in Armenian church of LondonJune 22, 2009 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - First performance of the mass by the young Armenian composer Tigran Grigorian at the Armenian Church in London was a great success. The composition for chorus and organ was performed by the St. Barabbas Church's chorus guided by the musician William McVicar. The Ambassador of Armenia to Great Britain and Northern Ireland Vahe Gabrielyan and Primate of the Armenian Church of Great Britain Bishop Nathan Hovhanessian, mentioned profoundness and sincerity of the music. Tigran Grigoryan, enrolled at the London-based Trinity College of Music, studies piano and composition. He started composing music from 18 years when he studied at Junior Department of the Royal College of Music. As the composer told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, he worked most of time on the second part of the composition called "Gloria". Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |