(со страницы https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFxNIF5J0Xc)
The Symphony "Ascent" is a program work. The plot is based on the book "Ascent" and the mono-performance about the blind Orthodox monk Anthony, who visited Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat.
Monk Anthony suffered in the camps of the Gulag. He was sentenced to death in the electric chair. However, during the execution he did not die, but became blind.
Miraculously, he managed to escape from captivity ...
From the Author
It was possible to me personally the nobility the last assistant of the sacred father- nowadays late nun Paul (before acceptance of last degree of a nunhood her name was Paraskeva'), which told to me about the sacred father Antonij much and has transferred me unique materials - lifetime filming with the story of the sacred father Antonij about itself and some documents.
Last years of my live I lived and worked on a monastery together with her.
On motives of this narration I have created a drama solo performance
« the Ascention to the Noj's Ark » which has been staged in the Municipal Drama theatre The city of Istra near Moscow in 2007.
My symphony №1 also have a program, and I used its fragments of music for registration of this performance.
