Rachmaninoff vespers bogoroditse devo
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The word ‘Liturgy’ is used in the Orthodox Church specifically to mean the Eucharistic service—what in the West would be called the Mass. There were in the early Church a number of Liturgies, but at the present day there are four forms in use in the Eastern Church: the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (the usual form on Sundays and days of the week), the Liturgy of St Basil the Great (used ten times a year), the Liturgy of St James, the Brother of the Lord (used on St James’s Day, 23 October, in only a few places in the world), and the Liturgy of the Presanctified, used on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent and the first three days of Holy Week. The Liturgy is always sung. Structurally, all these four have points in common with the Western Mass. A non-Orthodox would, for example, recognize in the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom the Introit (in the the form of the Little Entrance), Epistle, Alleluia, Gospel, Creed, Lord’s Prayer, and Sanctus. A normal Sunday Liturgy lasts considerably longer than a Mass would usually do—so
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- Creator
- Rachmaninov
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- Russian
- Publication
- London, England : Hyperion, [1991]
- ℗1991
- Physical Details
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- digital
- audio file
- OCLC
- ocm26033405, on1412532723
- Credits
- Corydon Singers, Matthew Best, conductor
- Rachmaninoff's setting of the services of Vespers, Matins, and the First Hour as they are celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church.
- For unaccompanied chorus, mostly in 8 parts, with alto solo in the 2nd movement and tenor solo in the 4th, 5th, and 9th movements.
- Recorded 1990 September 21-23 St Alban's Church, Holborn, London.
- Sung in Russian.
- Priidite poklonimsya = O come, let us worship -- Blagoslovi, dushe moya = Bless the Lord, O my soul -- Blazhen muzh = Blessed is the man -- Svete tikhii = O gladsome light -- Nyne otpushchaeshi = Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart -- Bogoroditse Devo = Hail, O Virgin Mother of God -- Shestopsalmie : Slava v Vyshnikh Bogu = Hexapsalmos : Glory to
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All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
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Programme Note
Introduction
Rachmaninoff’s ‘Vespers’ is one of the great, iconic choral works which Ex Cathedra has performed many times and which has taken on a special significance in our development.
Our very first performance was on May 16th 1986 in St Francis Church, Bournville. It was in English using an American edition sanctioned by Rachmaninoff. John Joubert (the work was one of his favourites) was an enthusiastic member of the audience and Jim Clulee sang the tenor solo. Jim was a founder member of Ex Cathedra and we were both choristers together at St Francis, Bournville, a long time ago! Shortly after this performance Ex Cathedra performed the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in a BBC Radio Three Choral Evensong, broadcast live from St Paul’s Church in Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter. In a telephone conversation afterwards, John Rutter commended the boldness of our exciting programming.
Finding a usable Russian edition proved difficult. In 1978 Boosey & Ha
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