Composition: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
| Title | All-Night Vigil |
| Alternative title | Всенощное бдение (Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye) |
| Creators | Sergei Rachmaninoff (composer) |
| Opus | Op.37 |
| Instrumentation | alto, tenor and mixed chorus |
| Number of movements | 15 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1915 |
| First published | 1915 |
| Dedication | Stepan Vasilyevich Smolensky |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 3540 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Sacred choruses |
| Language | Church Slavonic |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Ныне отпущаеши (Nunc dimittis, No.5) | piano | — |
| view | Ave maria (No.6) | 6 recorders | Jaap Wiebes |
| view | Now Lettest Thou Depart | 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and tuba | Isaac Davanzo |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Muzgiz | — | Complete Score (optimised with scantailor) · view Complete Score · view 1. Приидите поклонимся · view 2. Благослови, душе моя, Господа · view 3. Блажен муж · view 4. Свете тихий · view 5. Ныне отпущаеши · view 6. Богородице Дево, радуйся · view 7. Шестопсалмие · view 8. Хвалите имя Господне · view 9. Благословен еси, Господи · view 10. Воскресение Христово видевше · view 11. Величит душа Моя Господа · view 12. Славословие великое · view 13. Тропарь: Днесь спасение · view 14. Тропарь: Воскрес из гроба · view 15. Взбранной воеводе · view |
| view | Complete | — | H.W. Gray | 1920 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | selections | Editions Russes de Musique | — | 1. Приидите поклонимся (O Come, Let Us Worship) 2. Благослови, душе моя, Господа (Bless the Lord, O My Soul) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | 1. Приидите, поклонимся · view 2. Благослови, душе моя · view 3. Блажен муж · view 4. Свете тихий · view 5. Ныне отпущаеши · view 6. Богородице Дево, радуйся · view 7. Шестопсалмие · view |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | 6. Богородице Дево, радуйся (Bogoroditse Devo) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | 6. Богородице Дево, радуйся (Bogoroditse Devo) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | — | — | 7. Шестопсалмие (Shestopsalmiye) — Cyrillic text · view 7. Шестопсалмие (Shestopsalmiye) — Latin transliteration · view |
| view | Ныне отпущаеши (Nunc dimittis, No.5) | Arrangement for piano | G. Allen & Unwin | 1934 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Ave maria (No.6) | Arrangement for 6 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Now Lettest Thou Depart | Arrangement for 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and tuba |
Isaac Davanzo | 2017 | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Performers | Files |
|---|---|---|
| view | Cantores Carmeli Linz (performer) and Michael Stenov (organ) | 6. Богородице Дево, радуйся (Bogoroditse Devo) · file |
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