Divna LJubojević — „Živonosni istočnik“ (2000)

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“One of the most pure voices that I've ever heard.” – Lycourgos Angelopoulos, Director of the Byzantine Choir of Greece

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Divna Ljubojevic was born in Belgrade in 1970. She studied at the Mokranjac
Musical School and graduated from the Novi Sad Musical Academy. She practiced
religious singing with the choir of Vavedenje monastery, where she was trained
by the sisters who held her to the unique style derived from Karlovatz singing,
and faithfully cherished traditional Russian singing.

In 1991 she created the Melódi Choir, composed of 10 singers. The repertoire
focuses on works belonging to Orthodox sacred music, from the oldest monadic or
polyphonic Byzantine, Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian pieces, to contemporary
works.

Divna won many awards as a teacher during musical school competitions. In 1997,
with the help of Orthodox Bishop Luka, she founded a choir in Paris St. Sava
Church, and gave concerts of Slav and Greek liturgical music in Brussels, Senlis
and Paris.

Recorded in monastery Vavedenje, Belgrade at the end of November 1999 and end of January 2000

Tracklist:
1. Bogorodice djevo (Byzantine chant)
2. Volsvi persidstviji (Serbian chant, tone 5, arr. D. LJubojević)
3. S nami Bog (Serbian chant, tone 6, arr. D. LJubojević)
4. Blagoslovi duše moja Gospoda (Psalm 102, Byzantine chant)
5. Kirie eleison (Byzantine chant)
6. Stihire Pashe (Byzantine chant, tone 5)
7. Plotiju usnuv (arr. D. LJubojević)
8. Jelici vo Hrista krestistesja (chant, tone 1)
9. Tebe pojem (Bulgarian chant)
10. Dostojno jest (tone 1, Grigorije Protopsalt)
11. Bogorodice djevo (Byzantine chant, tone 5)
12. Aksion estin (Byzantine chant, 15. century)