The first performance of the Ensemble took place in the Central House of the Red Army, October 12, 1928. The team consisted of 12 people: 8 singers, 2 dancers, an accordion player and a reader. The performance was a great success - and after it the decision to create the ensemble was finally approved. October 12, 1928 is considered to be the birthday of the military creative team.
On December 1, 1928, the ensemble was enrolled in the staff of the Central House of Arts and was named the Red Army Song Ensemble of the Central House of the Red Army named after M.V. Frunze .
Since November 27, 1935 it was named the Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army Song and Dance of the USSR . On this day, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR issued a resolution on awarding the team with the Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner with the Order of the Red Star attached to it . At the same time, the head of the ensemble A. V. Alexandrov was awarded the same order , and 10 participants, the head P. I. Ilyin and 2 organizers F. N. Danilovich and A. S. Gorsky became holders of the Order of the Badge of Honor introduced the day before. By December 1, 1935, the team had grown to 135 people.
One of the distinguishing features of the ensemble is the presence in the orchestra of Russian folk instruments - domra and balalaika .
Nowadays, The Alexandrov Ensemble (also known as the Red Army Choir) is an official army choir of the Russian armed forces.
The Ensemble has entertained audiences both in the Soviet Union and throughout the world, performing a range of music including folk tunes, hymns, operatic arias and popular music. The group's repertoire has included The Volga Boatmen's Song, Katyusha, Kalinka, and Ave Maria.
It is named for its first director, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946). Its formal name since 1998 has been A. V. Alexandrov Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army (Russian: Академический ансамбль песни и пляски Российской Армии имени А. В. Александрова, Akademichesky ensemble pesni i plyaski Rossiyskoy Armii imeni A. V. Alexandrova), shortened to Academic Ensemble (Академический ансамбль, Akademichesky ensemble) on second reference.
On 25 December 2016, its artistic director, Valery Khalilov, and 63 other members of the Ensemble were killed in the Russian Defence Ministry aircraft crash of a 1983 Tupolev Tu-154 into the Black Sea just after takeoff from the southern resort city of Sochi, Russia. The Red Army Choir singers and dancers were en route to Syria to entertain Russian troops there for Orthodox Christmas celebrations.
At the establishment, in 1928, the choir was named Red Army Song Ensemble of the M. V. Frunze Red Army Central House (Ансамбль красноармейской песни Центрального дома Красной Армии имени М. В. Фрунзе). In 1935, it was renamed Red-Bannered Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble of the USSR (Краснознамённый ансамбль красноармейской песни и пляски СССР).
In 1949 the ensemble was officially named the A. V. Alexandrov Twice Red-bannered and Red-starred Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army (Дважды Краснознамённый ордена Красной Звезды ансамбль песни и пляски Советской Армии имени А. В. Александрова). In 1978 the word "academic" was added to the title (A. V. Alexandrov Twice Red-bannered and Red-starred Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army). After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ensemble received its present name in 1998.
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Moscow Nights
The Red Army Choir Lyrics
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(Музыка: В. Соловьев-Седой-1957)
Не слышны в саду даже шорохи,
Все здесь замерло до утра;
Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
Подмосковные вечера.
Вся из лунного серебра,
Песня слышится и не слышится
В эти тихие вечера.
Что-ж ты милая смотришь искоса,
Низко голову наклоня,
Трудно высказать и не высказать
Все, что на сердце у меня.
А рассвет уже все заметнее,
Так пожалуйста будь добра
Не забудь и ты эти летние
Подмосковные вечера.
The Red Army Choir's song Moscow Nights is a nostalgic and romantic song about the beautiful Moscow evenings. The lyrics describe the peacefulness of the night, the stillness of the surroundings, and the importance of these moments to the singer. They indicate that even the quietest whisper, and the slightest movement could break the tranquillity of the evening, and therefore the singer enjoins the listener to appreciate and be aware of the rarity of such moments.
The river is described in the song as both moving and motionless simultaneously, seemingly a reference to the magical and dreamy nature of the evening. Additionally, the lyrics describe the presence of an unnamed person who seems to be closely connected to the singer, reflected through their oblique gazes and head tilts. The singer is evidently in love with this person but finds it difficult to express their feelings. The song ends with the call for the person to always remember the nights spent in Moscow, so that they can all playfully relive the moment again.
Line by Line Meaning
Не слышны в саду даже шорохи
Even the slightest rustle is not heard in the garden
Все здесь замерло до утра;
Everything here has frozen until morning;
Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
If you only knew how dear to me are
Подмосковные вечера.
These Moscow nights.
Речка движется и не движется,
The river moves and doesn't move,
Вся из лунного серебра,
All made of lunar silver,
Песня слышится и не слышится
The song is heard and not heard
В эти тихие вечера.
In these quiet evenings.
Что-ж ты милая смотришь искоса,
Why are you looking askance, my dear,
Низко голову наклоня,
Bowing your head low,
Трудно высказать и не высказать
It's hard to express and not express
Все, что на сердце у меня.
All that is in my heart.
А рассвет уже все заметнее,
And the dawn is becoming more evident,
Так пожалуйста будь добра
So please, be good
Не забудь и ты эти летние
Don't forget these summer
Подмосковные вечера.
Moscow nights.
Contributed by Miles Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@artofwar4644
Moscow Night
Even whispers aren't heard in the garden,
Everything has died down till morning.
If you only knew how dear to me
Are these Moscow nights.
The river moves, unmoving,
All in silver moonlight.
A song is heard, yet unheard,
In these silent nights.
Why do you, dear, look askance,
With your head lowered so?
It is hard to express, and hard to hold back,
Everything that my heart holds.
But the dawn's becoming ever brighter.
So please, just be good.
Don't you, too, forget
These summer, Moscow nights.
Sleep tight my love
@artofwar4644
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Подмосковные вечера
(Музыка: В. Соловьев-Седой-1957)
Не слышны в саду даже шорохи,
Все здесь замерло до утра;
Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
Подмосковные вечера.
Речка движется и не движется,
Вся из лунного серебра,
Песня слышится и не слышится
В эти тихие вечера.
Что-ж ты милая смотришь искоса,
Низко голову наклоня,
Трудно высказать и не высказать
Все, что на сердце у меня.
А рассвет уже все заметнее,
Так пожалуйста будь добра
Не забудь и ты эти летние
Подмосковные вечера.
@dom_twenty4683
Не слышны в саду даже шорохи,
Всё здесь замерло до утра.
Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
Подмосковные вечера
Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
Подмосковные вечера.
Речка движется и не движется,
Вся из лунного серебра.
Песня слышится и не слышится
В эти тихие вечера,
Песня слышится и не слышится
В эти тихие вечера.
Что ж ты милая смотришь искоса,
Низко голову наклоня?
Трудно высказать и не высказать
Всё, что на сердце у меня,
Трудно высказать и не высказать
Всё, что на сердце у меня.
А рассвет уже всё заметнее,
Так, пожалуйста, будь добра,
Не забудь и ты эти летние
Подмосковные вечера,
Не забудь и ты эти летние
Подмосковные вечера.
🇷🇺🇺🇸
@jdurk
Не слышны в саду даже шорохи
Всё здесь замерло до утра
Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
Подмосковные вечера
Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
Подмосковные вечера
Речка движется и не движется
Вся из лунного серебра
Песня слышится и не слышится
В эти тихие вечера
Аа-аа-аа
В эти тихие вечера
Что ж ты милая смотришь искоса
Низко голову наклоня?
Трудно высказать и не высказать
Всё, что на сердце у меня
А рассвет уже всё заметнее
Так, пожалуйста, будь добра
Не забудь и ты эти летние
Подмосковные вечера
Не забудь и ты эти летние
Подмосковные вечера
@shagman1779
Truly a beautiful song.
Russian Lyrics (latin alphabet):
Ne slyshny v sadu dazhe shorokhi,
Vsyo zdes' zamerlo do utra.
Esli b znali vy, kak mne dorogi
Podmoskovnye vechera.
Rechka dvizhetsya i ne dvizhetsya,
Vsya iz lunnogo serebra.
Pesnya slyshitsya i ne slyshitsya
V eti tikhie vechera.
Chto zh ty, milaya, smotrish' iskosa,
Nizko golovu naklonyaya?
Trudno vyskazat' i ne vyskazat'
Vsyo, chto na serdtse u menya.
A rassvet uzhe vsyo zametnee.
Tak, pozhaluysta, bud' dobra.
Ne zabud' i ty eti letnie
Podmoskovnye vechera.
English Transliteration:
Even whispers aren't heard in the garden,
Everything has died down till morning.
If you only knew how dear to me
Are these Moscow nights.
The river moves, unmoving,
All in silver moonlight.
A song is heard, yet unheard,
In these silent nights.
Why do you, dear, look askance,
With your head lowered so?
It is hard to express, and hard to hold back,
Everything that my heart holds.
But the dawn's becoming ever brighter.
So please, just be good.
Don't you, too, forget
These summer, Moscow nights.
@thebig12conference73
Comrade PRatisan privet kak dela Moscow Nights” is a Soviet song of the post-war period which retains numerous admirers to this day.
In 1955, the poet Mikhail Matusovsky and the composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy got an order to compose a song for a new movie about the Spartakiad of the peoples of the RSFSR.
The order found the authors at the dacha. It was hot, they did not want to write, and besides, they understood that the movie would not be popular. But they didn’t want to pass by the money either.
English Translation and backstroy Hubvaka Smith
Not even rustles are heard in the garden,
Everything here froze until morning.
If only you knew how the Moscow Nights
Are dear to me,
If only you knew how the Moscow Nights
Are dear to me
RUSSIAN
Не слы́шны в саду́ да́же шо́рохи,
Всё здесь замерло до утра́.
Е́сли б зна́ли вы, как мне до́роги
Подмоско́вные вечера́,
Е́сли б зна́ли вы, как мне до́роги
Подмоско́вные вечера́.
Verse 1 English
The river moves and does not move,
All made of lunar silver.
The song is heard and not heard
On these quiet evenings,
The song is heard and not heard
On these quiet evenings.
Russian
Ре́чка дви́жется и не дви́жется,
Вся из лу́нного серебра́.
Пе́сня слы́шится и не слы́шится
В э́ти ти́хие вечера́,
Пе́сня слы́шится и не слы́шится
В э́ти ти́хие вечера́.
Verse 2 English
Why are you dear looking asquint,
Bowing your head low?
It's difficult to say and not to say
All that is in my heart,
It's difficult to say and not to say
All that is in my heart.
Russian
Что ж ты ми́лая смо́тришь и́скоса,
Ни́зко го́лову наклоня?
Тру́дно вы́сказать и не вы́сказать
Всё, что на се́рдце у меня́,
Тру́дно вы́сказать и не вы́сказать
Всё, что на се́рдце у меня́.
Verse 3 English
Why are you dear looking asquint,
Bowing your head low?
It's difficult to say and not to say
All that is in my heart,
It's difficult to say and not to say
All that is in my heart.
And the dawn is already more noticeable
So please be kind,
You too, don't forget
These summer Moscow Nights,
You too, don't forget
These summer Moscow Nights.
Then Solovyov-Sedoy rummaged through his drawers and pulled out a sheet with a melody written two years earlier which was inspired by a quiet summer Leningrad evening, peace, and the proximity of the woman he loved. Back then he considered the melody unsuccessful and therefore put it aside. Now, Mikhail Matusovsky drafted the lyrics and the song “Leningrad Evenings” was born.
According to the scenario of the movie, the song would sound on the background of the Moscow region views where athletes would rest at the sports base gaining strength before important starts. So Matusovsky change the “Leningrad” to “Moscow”. The melody was also slightly changed to fit the lyrics.
The artistic council of the movie studio did not want to accept the song: the lyrics seemed boring and the music was not very expressive. The song was accepted only because there was no time to write a new one.
The most popular singer at that time, Mark Bernes, was offered to perform the song. But while the music seemed to him “ok-ish”, he didn’t like the lyrics at all and refused.
They found another singer but the authors did not like his performance. As a result, the song was performed by non-professional singer, the actor of the Moscow Art Theater, Vladimir Troshin.
In the movie, which as expected did not gain any popularity, the song sounded only as a background, but the soundtrack was once played on the radio. After that, the postmen began to bring bales of letters to the Radio Committee: please play again the song about the river that moves and does not move and is all made of lunar silver. The radio played the song again. The number of letter bales doubled, then tripled.
In 1957, the song “Moscow Nights” performed by Vladimir Troshin became the solemn song of the Moscow Festival of Youth and Students. As a complete surprise, Solovyov-Sedoy was awarded the First Prize and the Big Gold Medal of the festival for this song.
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@JTelli786
I don't care if your Russian or American, if you prefer Communism or Capitalism, but you must agree, this song... is simply amazing!
@Mirrorsonic
***** First of all, socialism was not only a successful economical political and social system but far beyond our rotten capitalism system, a higher sοcial order of prosperity equality and peace.The songs you will hear from the Red Army Choir and many other forms of art in that period that you will get in touch are not 'objective facts' cut off by their creators, from their aspirations sufferings and achievements, rather their are a collective expression full of emotions and idealism. You cannot neglect the unique cultural innovation of the thousands of the working class, the farmers, workers, scientist and artists (all offered by the Bolshevik party). It was for an every day effort these songs, to eliminate the old world of imperialism.You cannot treat this art as an elitist individualist observer but see their essence moreover the lyrics the social conditions that lift up the 1/3 of the world to a society made by their own efforts and struggles.Even rock music has a working class origin back to the blues and jazz music of the black proletarians in the USA. The working class in any field of life can be victorious and music made from the 'ordinary' every day life man,full of heart is undoubtedly truly humane. Personally i do not cry for that 'flawed system' in the contrary i salute them and we all should concede the errors and falsies to learn to build an even better socialist-communist world than the previews one. (Sorry for the long text)
@Mirrorsonic
***** First off all, why you have to call me an idiot for what I stand for? Did I insult you in any way?Unless if you are from those typical 'democratic' persons, who just like to lash their hate while they do not have any argument or have a very good reason to keep and protect their benefits while the rest of the people around them are struggling to keep up living for another day...I do not consider personal opinions of what a friend said or a relative of mine said, in that sense any political and most of all an objective understanding is lost, while drifting by hallow images and ideas full of prejudices and invalid views or even by 'cooked' facts ...And yes capitalism is rotten, while you see people live in poverty, when we have unemployment, health and education for the few, pollution, nationalistic wars, neonazism, the feel of alienation in any human need, the ripping of democratic rights of citizens, capitalism is 100% rotten and lets not forget the crisis we all live in (unless if you are from those privilege ones..) oh and the arm races of nations and multinational companies cooking up little by little a new world war..
@Mirrorsonic
***** Well, we live in a divided class society and if even tomorrow we had a socialist revolution some of us will be against it.So in this scenario the new social order (of the majority) claims that the wealth of the few should be given to all. The minority, yet powerful, would lash any attempt to stop it, it clearly doesn't care what it just and certainty would not respect the majority. In that sense parts of the society becomes counter-revolutionists, the under go to sabotage, arm struggle, or even make claims of fake incidents, they would do anything. It is not personal, but our past relatives where divided and payed that price. I will just say that my older relatives where killed by a military dictatorship in my country for being communist and wanting social justices, independence and the people in charge. Undoubtedly If I was living in past turbulent times, fighting for what is right, yes i would have to kill people that are against my rights. Now about capitalism..you should know that in world of profit nothing is free and everything can be taken away for the sake of a few bucks if it is in the benefit of a banker, any good is a product of our labour which the capitalist keep the major part of it for themselves while letting us only the essential so they can use us for the next day.Even if we can live enough, it is still unethical, and don't forget people who are under your social position who have only a cart box for a house..and in capitalist crisis everything can be taken away and accumulated and reinvested in a new market..guess who is going to loose their house and looking for a new job. In socialism things like house, car and other commodities did exist and was free, as you can see I read history from the side which benefits the people, obvious you choose the other side. Lastly how you feel insulted for the supposedly 'million deaths of people' (which i rejected this astronomic numbers cooked by the CIA and counter revolutionist testimonies) while not giving a damn for the social impact of capitalism I mentioned above..it seem that little houses and material goods which can be lost in any time are more important than justice.
@Mirrorsonic
Capitalism is rotting indeed.Imperial wars are preparing for massive clashes in diplomatic, economical and military terms and reorganize to serve state capitalist states and non state actors from para- militia to financial institutions like the World Bank, look in Syria or Central Africa ( the intervention of the french).While austerity measures for many people in the previews so called 'developed' world, social alienation, individualism, Nazism and poverty rising with different speeds in many country is the reality.Capitalism is seeking new markets an to over come its internal contradiction between capital and labor ( the new technologies of machinery is terrible blow for profit making in capitalism while in socialism its a decisive advantage to satisfied the need of all people under a central organize social plan to serve the people needs not profits). Capitalism obstructively would fall but if the people are not subjectively aware of the necessity of socialism capitalism would than find it's way to ravine it self by blood and destruction.
@JTelli786
Flipside Collarbone try not being so one sided, it seems you've done a lot of research into the flaws of Capitalism, but i seriously doubt you've given any effort researching flaws with Socialism. Take the good with the bad, look at both sides of the argument, open your mind. Im not calling Capitalism the best form of economy but Socialism isnt all rainbows and sunshine either.
@FamouShinya
It's funny that many people imagine a winter snowy night in Moscow, although the song sings about a quiet summer evening.
@tttt9131
As a Turk I can sympathize to that. I have a friend, he is like the fuel of our group. He is a half Russian, half Turk who was born in Kazakistan. He invited us to his house in Moscow in 2018. 3 friends from high school, we drank, we talked of old days, we got drunk. Those days were like the summer in İstanbul, but those days were like in old days where the afghans and liberal leftists weren’t present in İstanbul. Full of glory, full of national honor… Russia is a great country where great people live. Respect! It is like the 90’s in my precious Türkiye. Rus should embrace their nation, they are lucky.
@ryanmilton2643
They don’t known Russian 😀
@claudiomaglio5885
In Italian Television program " Napoli contro tutti" one of the best singer was Anatoly Solovianenko.
He played Midnigth in Moscow in a snowing scenary in evening time