Proms 2017 Prom 38: Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (Vespers) - BBC Proms

13 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

21:45 Sun 13 Aug 2017 Next Event

Prom 38: Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

21:45 Sun 13 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

The Latvian Radio Choir performs a work hailed as ‘the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church’. Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is also one of the loveliest works of any faith – a profoundly moving statement of belief.

Performances & Interviews

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Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers) (in binaural sound) (2017)

Listen on headphones to an immersive 3D audio mix of Rachmaninov's Vespers.

Aug '17BBC Radio 3

Programme

- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - All-Night Vigil (Vespers)(63 mins)

Performers

Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Kļava
director
director

Composers

Sergey Rachmaninov

About This Event

Hailed as ‘the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church’, Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is also one of the loveliest works of any faith – a profoundly moving statement of belief and the last major work the composer completed before he left Russia.

Sung unaccompanied, the Vigil is a choral tour de force, pushing the singers to the limits of both range and dynamics. The effect is strikingly dramatic, encompassing the ecstatic choral celebration of the Resurrection Hymn ‘Today salvation has come’ and the infinite tenderness of the ‘Ave Maria’.

The Latvian Radio Choir returns following its performance of Orthodox chant in tonight’s earlier Prom.

There will be no interval