Chorus Director Stephen Jackson conducts the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus in a contemplative concert at Maida Vale Studios. Rachmaninov’s famous setting of the Russian Orthodox All-Night Vigil ceremony is now considered his finest unaccompanied choral work. The piece, often referred to as the Rachmaninov 'Vespers', was composed and premiered in Russia at the beginning of 1915.
There will be no interval.
Recorded for broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3.
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