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 | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |