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May 07
2008
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CHRIST IS RISEN!

Today's program takes an in-depth look at the Paschal Canon "This is the Day of Resurrection," composed in the early 8th century by St. John of Damascus, comparing three recordings that feature very different musical interpretations of the same basic chant melodies.
The melodies in question are known by the curious name of "grecheskiy rospev," which in Russian means








