Vsenoshchnoe bdenie (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 (Sergei Rachmaninoff)

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The All-Night Vigil (Vsenoshchnoe bdenie), Op. 37, was written over a two-week period in January-February 1915 and first performed in Moscow a few weeks later in March. Broadly conceived, it is rooted in Russian Orthodox liturgy and makes use of three types of chant" znamenny, Greek, and Kiev chant, as well as five chant-influenced original "conscious counterfeits" by Rachmaninoff.

Movements

Church Slavonic English
1. Приидите, поклонимся Come, Let Us Worship
2. Благослови, душе моя (греческого роспева) Praise the Lord, O my soul   (Greek Chant)
3. Блажен муж Blessed is the man
4. Свете тихий (киевского роспева) O Gladsome Light   (Kiev Chant)
5. Ныне отпущаеши (киевского роспева) Lord, now lettest thou   (Kiev Chant)
6. Богородице Дево, радуйся Rejoice, O Virgin   (Ave Maria)
7. Шестопсалмие The Six Psalms
8. Хвалите имя Господне (знаменного роспева) Praise the name of the Lord   (Znamenny Chant)
9. Благословен еси, Господи (знаменного роспева) Blessed are you, Lord   (Znamenny Chant)
10. Воскресение Христово видевше Having beheld the resurrection of Christ
11. Величит душа моя Господа My soul exalts the Lord   (Magnificat)
12. Славословие великое (знаменного роспева) The great doxology   (Znamenny Chant)
13. Днесь спасение (знаменного роспева) Troparion: Today salvation is in the world   (Znamenny Chant)
14. Тропарь: Воскрес из гроба (знаменного роспева) Troparion: Thou didst rise from the tomb (Znamenny Chant)
15. Взбранной Воеводе (греческого роспева) Troparion:You are the Victor (Greek Chant)