Rachmaninoff - All-Night Vigil (Vespers) for 10-part Brass Ensemble

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Rachmaninoff - All-Night Vigil (Vespers) for 10-part Brass EnsembleThe All Night Vigil (Vespers) Op. 37 is an a cappella choral work first performed in 1915. It's fifteen movements consist of Russian Orthodox Church texts. Rachmaninoff had stopped attending church, but he felt compelled to write some of his own chants in the style of the Church, calling them "conscious counterfeits". The work is enormous, over one hour of the most beautiful choral writing with Rachmaninoff's patented rich harmonies, melody and

This work of about 6 minutes is suitable for advanced performers

Trombone 1 is in Tenor Clef with the remaining parts in Bass Clef

Sound clip is performed by Ralph Sauer (Trombone) and Mac Booke (Piano)

Instrumentation: 4 Trumpets in C

The finale “Allegro con Spirito” is quite frivolous being comprised mostly of humorous gestures and rhythmic focus

He had studied Piano at the Moscow Conservatory

working at the “Maple Leaf Club”

He is sometimes known as the "Spanish Palestrina" because he may have been taught by Palestrina

The Solo part comes with B-flat transposition

on Harpsichord and Christopher White

Spanish composer Jaime Texidor is the author of over 500 works

For advanced performers in Bass Clef