10-part Brass Ensemble -
Advanced
SKU:
CY.CC3025
Composed by
Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Arranged by Paul Erion.
Classical. Score and
Parts. Cherry Classics
#CC3025. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC3025).
ISBN
9790530110003. 8.5 x 11
in inches.
The
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, of over one
hour of the most
beautiful choral writing
with Rachmaninoff's
patented rich harmonies,
melody and polyphony.
Paul Erion has arranged
this work for moderately
advanced 10-part Brass
Ensemble of: 4 Trumpets
in C, 2 Horns, 3
Trombones & Tuba.