Concert Rachmaninoff. All-Night Vigil. Conductor: Andrei Petrenko World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
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Schedule for Rachmaninoff. All-Night Vigil. Conductor: Andrei Petrenko 2022
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Sergei
Rachmaninoff. All-Night Vigil for mixed chorus a
cappella
Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil for mixed chorus a
cappella
The Mariinsky Chorus Principal Chorus Master and Conductor:
Andrei Petrenko
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. Conductor: Andrei Petrenko 2022
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