The Russian song Kon' (The Horse) was performed by the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 65th Anniversary Concert.

Conductor: Stepan Sveshnikov.

Filming & editing: Bill Crumlic, CrumlicMedia production.

October 14, 2018, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, USA.

The song Kon' (The Horse) by the Yale Russian Chorus is available for listening on any streaming platforms: https://band.link/20DWN

The album "Mnogaya L'eta: 65 Years of the Yale Russian Chorus" is also available for listening on: https://band.link/Gtnqu

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The song Kon' (The Horse) was first performed in 1994 by the Russian rock band "Lyube". The author of the music is Igor Matvienko, the author of the lyrics is Alexander Shaganov. Having received the love of the people, the song quickly gained incredible popularity and entered the repertoire of many bands and performers.

Vivid descriptive images of nature, reflection and thoughtfulness, the use of archetypal motifs of Russian lyrics, appeal to the Russian national idea, choral structure, melodic movement (gradual, smooth and prolonged)–these are the factors that allowed the song to get closer to the people and acquire the character and status of a "folk song".

Lyrics:

I'll go out at night with a horse into the field,
In the dark night we'll go quietly.
The horse and I will go through the field together,
The horse and I will go through the field together.

At night in the field there's an endless bliss of stars,
In the field there's not a soul in sight.
Alone the horse and I go through the field,
Alone the horse and I go through the field.

I'll get on the horse,
You carry me through the field.
Through my boundless field,
Through my boundless field.

Let me this once go and see
Where the field gives birth to the dawn.
Ah, the lingonberry hue, the scarlet break of day,
Maybe there is such a place or there isn't.

This field of mine–my wellsprings,
The lights of distant villages,
The golden rye and the bushy flax,
I'm in love with you, Russia, I'm in love.

The harvest this year will be flush,
We've been through a lot, somehow it'll all work out.
Sing, golden rye! Sing, bushy flax!
Sing of my love for Russia!
Sing, golden rye! Sing, bushy flax!

The horse and I go through the field together.

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The Yale Russian Chorus is the oldest singing group in the New World dedicated to the music of Russia and nearby countries. The YRC was founded 1953 at the height of the Cold War. Founders: Denis Mickiewicz and George Litton.

Singers join while students at Yale, and many stay active throughout their lives. Every year or so we hold a major concert in which students and alumni sing together. Many alumni also join the students on tours to Russia.

Without a doubt, each of us had our own motivation to join the Russian Chorus. But we offer you a quote from one of the members of our choir, which unites us to some extent and explains a little the meaning of the chorus in our lives: "Singing the music of the YRC in the style we sang it, was an antidote to the intellectualism that got many of us into Yale in the first place, but that could be so restrictive to the heart and spirit".

The singers are not Russians, or emigrants from Russia, but are students and former students who share a passion for the music and a belief in the power of music to build connections between people of different countries.

Thanks to YouTube, we are pleased to share these recordings with online audiences around the world who share our passion for this music.

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We have toured Russia and Eastern Europe many times, and will do so again when the COVID19 pandemic is over

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