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The Tagharan program is dedicated to the spiritual and folk branches of Armenian music. At the heart of the creation of the program is the idea of kinship of these two branches, which was first scientifically dealt with by Komitas. In the episodes of the program, we consider the relationship between Armenian folk and sacred music branches, present the stages of their historical development and their genre manifestations, describe the music component of folk and Church rites, reflect on the most important works of Church singing art as well as discuss actual problems of Armenian medieval studies and folklore with specialists.
This two-part episode is dedicated to the theme of the Armenian Genocide as reflected in Armenian folk songs. It is constructed around the 22 folk songs on this topic that are published in music notation in a separate section of folklorist Verzhine Svazlyan's study «The Armenian Genocide: Testimonies of Eyewitness Survivors» (Yerevan, 2011).
This episode is about the chants traditionally performed in the Armenian Apostolic Church during Holy Week, the final week of Lent.
Lullaby is one of the oldest and richest genres of Armenian folk music. Besides the function of ensuring the peaceful sleep of the child, lullabies have an important educational value. With their help, the child gets a preliminary idea of the surrounding reality, nature, fauna, evil and good, and communicates with both domestic and national realities.
The image of the Holy Mother of God takes a pivotal place in Christian dogmatics and various layers of Christian culture. The broadcast presents the Metsatsustse sharakans dedicated to the Mother of God that are among highest achievements of Armenian medieval song culture along with the taghs, odes, and other compositions devoted to the Holy Virgin.
The episode is dedicated to one of the highly artistic examples of Armenian sacred music, to the sharakan "Khorhurd Khorin" (O Mystery Deep) authored by Khachatur Taronatsi, 12th-13th-century famous poet and musician, abbot of the Monastery of Haghartsin. This sharakan is the only hymn from this author's legacy that has survived to this day with its melody.
The episode is dedicated to the sharakans of St. John of Odzun (Hovhannes Odznetsi), Catholicos of All Armenians, theologian, philosopher, poet and musician of the 7th-8th centuries.
Labor is an essential and inseparable part of Armenian peasants' life. Since ancient times, labor has been accompanied with singing, which helped organize the rhythm of work and assisted in overcoming the difficulties of labor process, making it more productive. This episode is dedicated to women's labor songs.
The episode is dedicated to the musical-poetic activities of Sahakadukht and Khosrovidukht, female Armenian sharakan writers of the 8th century.
Since the early Middle Ages, the images of the heroes of the Battle of Avarayr and the theme of their struggle entered literature and various spheres of art. This episode of our program discusses some manifestations of this theme in the Armenian spiritual and folk vocal art.
The episode is dedicated to the Armenian sharakan writers of the 10th-11th centuries whose life and activity were closely tied with Ani, the capital city of the Bagratide Kingdom of Armenia. Our guest is RA Honored Art Worker, medievalist, Doctor of Art History, Professor Anna Arevshatyan.
The episode is dedicated to the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord (Tearnendaraj in Armenian) and presents its meaning as well as the features and music component of its ecclesiastical and folk rituals.
The episode is dedicated to the dance songs of the book comprised by Bedros Alahaydoyan "Musical and Ethnographic Collection of Palu (and the Region)" (Glendale, 2009, performer of songs, Maro Nalbandian). The guest of our program is Arusyak Sahakyan, the editor of the book, folklorist specializing in epos, who also deciphered the texts of musical-folklore samples in this collection.
The creator of the Armenian alphabet and the founder of Armenian literature St. Mesrop Mashtots is also the forefather of the Armenian sacred music. This episode is dedicated to Mesrop Mashtots's musical activity, which in the preservation of the national culture has played a role that is not less important than that of Armenian literature.
Epos "Sasna Tsrer" is a generalization of the age-old wisdom of the Armenian nation, the artistic quintessence of patriotism, courage, justice, honesty and generosity which form the basis of the national character. The program is devoted to the discussion of some sung episodes of the epos.
The fact that Armenian spiritual music was formed on the basis of the Armenian folk music culture was first substantiated by Komitas, who compared the ties between these two branches with the relationship between sister and brother. This proposition of Komitas was reaffirmed by the Armenian musicologists of later generations. However, the problem of the relationship between these two music branches still has many aspects that need to be studied. We're talking on this topic with musicologist and medievalist, researcher at the Komitas Museum-Institute Lilit Harutyunyan.
The broadcast is dedicated to the activities of Masunk Folk Song and Dance Group named after Rudik Haroyan. The guests of our program are the directors of the group, Hayarpi Ananyan and Lusine Mkrtchyan.
The program is dedicated to the musical-poetic heritage of one of the geniuses of the Golden Age of the Armenian literature, to the outstanding historian, theologian, philosopher and translator Movses Khorenatsi.
The program is dedicated to one of the highly artistic examples of Armenian sacred music, to the sharakan (hymn) Khorhurd Khorin (O Mystery Deep) authored by Khachatur Taronatsi, 12th-13th century famous poet and musician, abbot of the Monastery of Haghartsin. This sharakan is the only hymn from this author's legacy that has survived to this day with its melody.
Akn, a town in the Sebastia region of the historical Lesser Armenia, was famous for its rich and varied musical folklore. A number of samples of Armenian folk music of old tradition, which had preserved their Armenian image, reached the 20th century thanks to the residents of Akn and were preserved in their environment. Antunis of Akn are one of such samples which are considered to be the inheritors of the medieval hayrens of gusans. In 1895 Komitas recorded 25 songs of the Akn region from the repertoire of the resident of Akn Hovsep Janikyan and published in the ‟Collection of folk songs of Akn”. Two of our broadcasts are dedicated to the review of the content of this collection.
The two issues of the broadcast are dedicated to prominent Armenian musicologist, folklorist, and music and public figure Aram Kocharyan (1903-1977).
The two issues of the broadcast are dedicated to prominent Armenian musicologist, folklorist, and music and public figure Aram Kocharyan (1903-1977).
Since the earliest times of the history of Armenian people, the region of Shirak has been famous for its developed and rich music culture. The two parts of this broadcast are dedicated to the folk music culture of Shirak. Our guest is PhD in Musicology, researcher at the Shirak Center for Armenian Studies at the National Academy of Sciences Hasmik Harutyunyan.
Since the earliest times of the history of Armenian people, the region of Shirak has been famous for its developed and rich music culture. The two parts of this broadcast are dedicated to the folk music culture of Shirak. Our guest is PhD in Musicology, researcher at the Shirak Center for Armenian Studies at the National Academy of Sciences Hasmik Harutyunyan.
