Rachmaninov Vespers - Holst Singers: Musical Director: Stephen Layton at Rochester Cathedral, Rochester on Saturday 4th March 2017

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Rachmaninov Vespers - Holst Singers

Musical Director: Stephen Layton

Add to my Calendar 04-03-2017 19:30 04-03-2017 21:30 36 Rachmaninov Vespers - Holst Singers Following sell out performances at St Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, London (November 2015) and Merton College, Oxford (February 2016), the Holst Singers, led by Stephen Layton, will give a performance of the splendid and iconic Rachmaninoff 'All-night vigil' in beautiful Rochester Cathedral. The 'All-night vigil' (actually just an hour in duration and commonly known simply as his ‘Vespers’) was 100 years old in 2015. The Holst Singers are no strangers to this stunning work, having performed it many times over the decades, nor to the extended Russian repertoire. Their albums of Russian and Eastern European music, ‘Ikon’ (Hyperion, 1997) and the follow-up ‘Ikon II’ (Hyperion, 2010), have received widespread critical acclaim. They also recorded Grechaninov’s Vespers in 1998 to similar acclaim, and gave a five star-rated concert of music from Russia and Eastern Europe at The Temple Church, London in May 2014 (read a review here). The combination of the Holst Singers’ expertise in performing Russian music and the beauty of the performance venue will make this a memorable concert not to be missed. Rochester Cathedral, Rochester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Rochester Cathedral
The Precinct
Rochester
Kent
ME1 1SX
England

Saturday 4th March 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Sergei Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op.37

Performers

Stephen Layton – Conductor

Holst Singers

Programme Note

Following sell out performances at St Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, London (November 2015) and Merton College, Oxford (February 2016), the Holst Singers, led by Stephen Layton, will give a performance of the splendid and iconic Rachmaninoff 'All-night vigil' in beautiful Rochester Cathedral. The 'All-night vigil' (actually just an hour in duration and commonly known simply as his ‘Vespers’) was 100 years old in 2015.

The Holst Singers are no strangers to this stunning work, having performed it many times over the decades, nor to the extended Russian repertoire. Their albums of Russian and Eastern European music, ‘Ikon’ (Hyperion, 1997) and the follow-up ‘Ikon II’ (Hyperion, 2010), have received widespread critical acclaim. They also recorded Grechaninov’s Vespers in 1998 to similar acclaim, and gave a five star-rated concert of music from Russia and Eastern Europe at The Temple Church, London in May 2014 (read a review here).

The combination of the Holst Singers’ expertise in performing Russian music and the beauty of the performance venue will make this a memorable concert not to be missed.

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