Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the last great composers in the Romantic era of classical music. He considered his All-Night Vigil (commonly referred to as "Vespers") to be his greatest musical ...

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The Clarion Choir has developed a nice tradition: they perform Rachmaninoff’s Vespers on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I attended on New Year’s Eve, or New Year’s Late Afternoon, if you like: ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Steven Fox and the Clarion Choir are tending to a less well-known part of the composer’s canon for his 150th birthday: His choral works. By James R.

For most, the brilliant composer Sergei Rachmaninoff brings to mind powerful piano works and an iconic, unequivocally Russian sound. Few think of him as a particularly religious character, and so most ...

Vespers, 'All-Night Vigil', Movements: O come, let us worship Leipzig Radio Chorus Howard Arman, Conductor, Baritone Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Vespers, 'All-Night Vigil', Movements: Bless the Lord, ...

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Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov’s music for the Orthodox “All-Night Vigil” - often known in the West as the “Vespers” - is known as his finest unaccompanied choral work, one of the landmarks of ...

What a superb selection of pieces this is. The music, for the three services during the night and dawn of Easter Sunday, is by its very nature fragmented – and despite the austere chant-based ...

The untimely death last year of the celebrated organist and conductor John Scott robbed the choral world of a major figure. Now, in his memory, Resonus Classics is releasing a series of six recordings ...

Ēriks Ešenvalds music is described as an interlocking mosaic of texts from the gospels, from Byzantine and Roman liturgies, and from the Old Testament. Evenings starts with one of Felix Mendelssohn's ...