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This is a brief introduction to Sergei Rachmaninoff’s iconic masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil.

Rachmaninov's love of the music and rituals of the Orthodox Church were distilled in his masterpiece All-Night Vigil (Vespers); Daniel Jaffé finds the best.

Taken from Rachmaninoff's All Night Vespers, this richly musical and spiritual work will be a sublime highlight on any concert or festival appearance.

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This is a brief introduction to Sergei Rachmaninoff's iconic masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil.

The All-Night Vigil is a service of the Russian Orthodox Church performed on the eve of Sundays and religious holidays.

The 15 movements of the All-Night Vigil are in three major sections corresponding to the three different daily liturgical services that make up the Vigil. The language sung is not conversational Russian, but Church Slavonic, the liturgical language for all non-Greek churches in the Orthodox tradition.

Mvts 1-6 Vespers: the first 6 movements are from the Vespers, or evening prayers; after opening the service with a joyous invitation to prayer, the setting of the sun yields to the darkness, out of which comes the divine light: the incarnation (birth) of Christ to Mary (this section ends with the Slavonic version of the “Hail Mary” prayer.

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7-14 Matins: These movements come at the end of the evening, awaiting the light of dawn, symbolizing the resurrection of Christ.

Mvt 15 Prime (“First Light”): In the first light of day the choir sings a final hymn of praise to Mary, Mothe