Concert Rachmaninoff. All-Night Vigil World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for Rachmaninoff. All-Night Vigil 2022
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
For Sergei Rakhmaninov the five years that preceded the revolution
saw the appearance of works that the composer himself particularly
loved: the symphonic poem The Bells (1913), and
the choral cycles The Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
(1910) and The All-Night Vigil (1915). Rakhmaninov's religious works
belong to a particularly inspired period in his career, and represent
the peak of the development of a new trend in Russian church
music that began with the compositions of Tchaikovsky, Taneyev, Grechaninov
and Kastalsky in the interpretation of Stepan Smolensky and the Moscow
Synodal Choir. The Liturgy and the Vigil cannot be
called works written for the church: they require a large choir and
particular skill in performance. Rakhmaninov's All-Night Vigil is one
of those national cultural phenomena that are nourished on the vital juices
of their native land and grow into a mighty tree, becoming an embodiment of
that culture. Written at a time of heightened interest in ancient Russian
music that gripped Russian society in the early 20th century,
The All-Night Vigil is striking for the depth of its
penetration into primordial Russian musical traditions. The composer uses
the melodies of ancient Russian canticles and also creates his own, which
are virtually indistinguishable from authentic medieval compositions in their
style and faithfulness to tradition. Its skilful mastery of choral texture, its
understanding of the nature of church singing, and the depth of its
immersion into ancient Russian musical traditions make Rakhmaninov's
All-Night Vigil one of the greatest masterpieces of Russian
religious music.
Schedule for Rachmaninoff. All-Night Vigil 2022
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