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Sergei Rachmaninov: "The hymns of the all night Vigil" (op.37) |
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From the fifteen hymns of the all-night Vigil at least nine hymns trace their roots in its original surroundings. The young Sergei Rachmaniniv diligently and carefully mastered Greek and Kievan chants as collected by Stepan Smolenskij, an eminent church leader, to whom the hymns of the all-night Vigil is dedicated to.
Close to Rachmaninov’s hymns of the all-night vigil one finds the vigorous appropriation of Orthodox tradition. Amongst these traditions, and for the formation of his composing style Sergei Rachmaniniv’s directional and significant agent was his own hearing experiences and the sensations of his life. The “verse” doubling melodies of the hymns of the all-night Vigil, the change in the number of voices, uneven lines, solo parts pour out the “hearing” of its choral song as derived from live practice and clerical singing sung not by the reading of musical notes but as lead by the conductor. Such singing Sergei Rachmaninov could hear every Sunday by arising at seven in the morning and attending the liturgy. This tradition united and gravitated Rachmaninov to the monumentality of the operatic choral stage of Hlinka, Mussorgsky, Borodin and to the orchestral invitations of Tchaikovsky and choral findings of Taneev which formed the foundations of the hymns of the all-night Vigil. But above all the mighty compositional individuality and never repeating “Rachmaninov’s notes” brought about an astonished outcry and proclamation that “Rachmaninov’s talent is blossoming quickly as is sincerity of his music which impresses …”
The premier of the ‘hymns of the all-night Vigil” took place on the 10th of march 1915 in Moscow in the Great Hall of Noble Gethering. The Synod Choir sang under the direction of M.Danilina. Immediately after the score was published.
This recording by the Kyiv Chamber Choir under the leadership of the merited artist of Ukraine Mykola Hobdich will dazzle and uphold the vitality, and thus the genious of Sergei Rachmaninov’s creations.
Kyiv Chamber Choir was formed in December 1990 from professional graduate singers from Conservatoires and musical Universities of Ukraine.
The Choir's Choral conductor – Mykola Hobdych attained his musical education from the Kyivan Conservatoire of P.I. Tchaikovsky.
The Kyiv Chamber Choir are five times winners of European Choral
Competitions ver one thousand concerts in 19 countries.
Choir has presented 26 compact discs to the world recording national folk music, religious scores and music by foreign composers, many of which being recorded for the first time.
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