Rachmaninov Vespers at St Clement Danes (RAF Church), London on Saturday 9th March 2019

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Rachmaninov Vespers

Add to my Calendar 09-03-2019 19:30 09-03-2019 21:30 36 Rachmaninov Vespers On Saturday 9th March, ABC returns to the beautiful St Clement Danes on The Strand to perform Rachmaninov’s Vespers - a setting of the All-Night Vigil. It is a haunting, reflective and deeply moving set of unaccompanied choral vespers expressing the composer’s deep and very personal religious faith.  In this short concert, we are pairing the Vespers with Richard Strauss’ Der Abend (the Evening), to continue the contemplative feel. This anthem is also unaccompanied, but divides the choir into 16 parts - the resulting sonority is remarkable. Both these pieces are well-suited to the atmosphere and acoustic of St Clement Danes and we’re really looking forward to singing them there. St Clement Danes (RAF Church), London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Clement Danes (RAF Church)
Strand
Temple
London
WC2R 1DH
England

Saturday 9th March 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Sergei Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op.37
Richard Strauss – Der Abend, Op.34 no.1

Performers

Christopher Dawe – Conductor

Anton Bruckner Choir

Programme Note

On Saturday 9th March, ABC returns to the beautiful St Clement Danes on The Strand to perform Rachmaninov’s Vespers - a setting of the All-Night Vigil. It is a haunting, reflective and deeply moving set of unaccompanied choral vespers expressing the composer’s deep and very personal religious faith.

In this short concert, we are pairing the Vespers with Richard Strauss’ Der Abend (the Evening), to continue the contemplative feel. This anthem is also unaccompanied, but divides the choir into 16 parts - the resulting sonority is remarkable. Both these pieces are well-suited to the atmosphere and acoustic of St Clement Danes and we’re really looking forward to singing them there.

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