Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 38 - LATE NIGHT - Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
Performance Date13 August 2017
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time21:48
ChoirsLatvian Radio Choir
ConductorsSigvards Klava
Set List'All-Night Vigil (Vespers)’, Rachmaninov
Performance NotesHailed as ‘the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church’, Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is also one of the loveliest works of any faith – a profoundly moving statement of belief and the last major work the composer completed before he left Russia.

Sung unaccompanied, the Vigil is a choral tour de force, pushing the singers to the limits of both range and dynamics. The effect is strikingly dramatic, encompassing the ecstatic choral celebration of the Resurrection Hymn ‘Today salvation has come’ and the infinite tenderness of the ‘Ave Maria’.

The Latvian Radio Choir returns following its performance of Orthodox chant in tonight’s earlier Prom.

There was no interval.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/83),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2017/37),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/27-28)
Ticket Prices£6-£25.00
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/EwE8fiE0uIxrS
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2017/83BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 38 - LATE NIGHT - Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil (Vespers)13 August 2017
RAHE/6/2017/36BBC Proms - Late Night Greats at the BBC Proms25 July-7 September 2017
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10965BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/21595Latvian Radio Choir; 1940-; Latvian choir
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