Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers): Concert by Candlelight and introductory talk at St Dunstan-in-the-West, London on Thursday 2nd November 2023

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

Concert by Candlelight and introductory talk

Add to my Calendar 02-11-2023 20:00 02-11-2023 22:00 36 Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers) Award-winning choir Chantage invite you to a performance of Rachmaninoff's All-night vigil Op.37 (sometimes known as the ‘Vespers’) by Candlelight, marking 150 years since the composer's birth. The All-night vigil is a beautiful and moving setting of texts from the Russian Orthodox Church liturgy. It was composed in just two weeks in January and February 1915 shortly before the Russian Revolution and is considered by many to be the culmination of an era of Russian sacred music.An introductory talk will be delivered by Irina Walters, choral conductor and lecturer on Russian and Eastern European choral musicThe performance will take place at St Dunstan in the West, the spiritual home of the Romanian Orthodox Church in London for over 50 years, and a stunning venue for this sublime music. St Dunstan-in-the-West, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Dunstan-in-the-West
186a Fleet St
Fleet Street
London
EC4A 2HR
England

Thursday 2nd November 2023
8:00 PM

Programme

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

Performers

James Davey – Conductor

Chantage

Programme Note

Award-winning choir Chantage invite you to a performance of Rachmaninoff's All-night vigil Op.37 (sometimes known as the ‘Vespers’) by Candlelight, marking 150 years since the composer's birth.

The All-night vigil is a beautiful and moving setting of texts from the Russian Orthodox Church liturgy. It was composed in just two weeks in January and February 1915 shortly before the Russian Revolution and is considered by many to be the culmination of an era of Russian sacred music.

An introductory talk will be delivered by Irina Walters, choral conductor and lecturer on Russian and Eastern European choral music

The performance will take place at St Dunstan in the West, the spiritual home of the Romanian Orthodox Church in London for over 50 years, and a stunning venue for this sublime music.

Chantage perform Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil

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