
SAN O MIKROKOZMI | TESTAMENAT VLADIKE CRNOGORSKOG PETRA PETROVIĆA NJEGOŠA
It has been 174 years since Bishop Petar II Petrović Njegoš, foreseeing his impending death, composed his Testament – his last wish to deal with the property he was leaving behind and an expression of embracing the inevitable end of his short earthly life. For four decades, the Testament has been resonanting within the music of Rajko Maksimović.
Glory to You who revealed us the world!
I am grateful to you, Lord, for you deigned to take me out on the hill of one of your worlds and you chose to sodden me with the rays of one of your wonderful suns. Thank You, Lord, for You have adorned me on earth, above millions, in soul and body – as much as from my childhood Your unattainable greatness melted me into hymns of Divine joy, amazement and Your magnificence, so much I contemplated and mourned the poor destiny with horror – Your word created everything from nothing, everything is obedient to Your law, man is mortal and shall die.
With hope, I step towards Your divine sanctuary, whose bright shadow I viewed from the hill that my mortal steps measured – at Your call, I serenely go either under Your bosom, to dwell in eternal sleep, or to the immortal choirs, to glorify You for good and all.
The Testament
- 5. 2024 / 20. 5. 1850
Miona Cvijović – A Dream of Microcosm
Awarding of the Statuette of the University of Arts ’Darinka Matić Marović’
Rajko Maksimović – Testament of the Bishop of Montenegro Petar Petrovič Njegoš
Conductor: Dragana Jovanović
Sava Vemić – bass
Heroine – Miona Cvijović
God – Đorđije Tatić
Satan – Nemanja Todorović
Faculty of Music Orchestra
Mixed choir of Faculty of Music in Belgrade
Academic choir Collegium musicum
First singing society 1905
The cultural and artistic association Abrašević from Šabac
Monday, May 20, 2024 at 8.00, Great Hall of Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment in Belgrade
Miona Cvijović – A Dream of Microcosm
- Microcosm
- Death
- Birth
Heroine – Miona Cvijović
God – Đorđije Tatić
Satan – Nemanja Todorović
Choreographer: Tamara Vujošević Mandić
Costume designer: Jasmina Cvijović
Awarding of the Statuette of the University of Arts ’Darinka Matić Marović’ to Čedomir Vasić, M.Sc., professor emeritus of the University of Arts in Belgrade.
The explanation will be read by the president of the Commission, Svetozar Rapajić, professor emeritus of University of Art in Belgrade. Statuette, the work of sculptor Goran Čpajk, professor of Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade will be presented by PhD Mirjana Nikolić, rector of University of Arts in Belgrade.
Rajko Maksimović – Testament of the Bishop of Montenegro Petar Petrović Njegoš
- Glory to You
- It is Your Word
- The man is mortal
- I come with hope
- Me at Your call
Sava Vemić – bass
Đorđije Tatić – narrator
Jovan Marinković, piano
Ksenija Agafonova, flute
Lena Crnomarković, Oboe
Matija Nišević, clarinet
Robert Balint, bassoon
Petar Marković, trumpet
Vladan Pavićević, horn
Milan Milić, timpano
Dimitrije Goldner, gong
I violins
Staša Žikić
Stojanka Pešić
Kristina Bojić
Sofija Marković
Đurđica Ivanović
Ognjen Vujanac
Tara Kostadinović
Grigorije Devrnja
Anastasija Andrijašević
Željana Novoselac
Dušan Pešić
II violins
Milica Petrović
Uroš Kočišević
Matija Spasojević
Nadežda Đorđević
Julija Minjazeva
Ema Simović
Bogdan Mitrović
Denis Lupšor
Luna Popović
Ema Despot
Aleksandar Ilijovski
Viola
Jovan Muratović
Marko Marić
Milena Radojković
Maša Jovanović
Marija Božić
Eleonora Anđelić
Đurđa Tomić
Violoncello
Uroš Miletić
Nejla Komar
Aja Timotić
Atina Denda
Contrabass
Vanja Crnobanja