BBC Singers 2024-25 Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil with Cambridge Schola
Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil with Cambridge Schola
19:30 Fri 13 Jun 2025 Ely Cathedral
We join forces with Cambridge's newest and most exciting choir for a not-to-be-missed performance of Rachmaninov's epic All-Night Vigil at Ely Cathedral.
We join forces with Cambridge's newest and most exciting choir for a not-to-be-missed performance of Rachmaninov's epic All-Night Vigil at Ely Cathedral.
Featuring some of Rachmaninov's most soulful music, this work, written for the Orthodox church shortly before the 1917 Revolution, shows the composer at his most inventive and heartfelt.
The concert also showcases Schola's director Graham Walker, with virtuoso pianist Patrick Hemmerlé, in Rachmaninov's Sonata for Piano & Cello. The Sonata was written around the same time as the famous 2nd Piano Concerto, and demonstrates similarly achingly beautiful melodies with rich and characteristic harmonies.
