Leicester Bach Choir's last concert of the year scaled the height and depths of the All Night Vigil written by Rachmaninov in 1915. We heard Vespers and parts of the night office (Matins and Prime). The choir had an icon of the Black Virgin and child with candles either side. All we needed was less light and incense to be in the Orthodox liturgy in Old Church Slavonic. Wonderful evening, strong singing by the choir, audience kept wrapped in attention.
An excellent evening.
Date for diary: Saturday 21st January, come and sing Tallis' 40 part motet Spem in Alium with Leicester Bach Choir at St James the Greater.. Sadly, I have to be at a conference on, guess what?, psychoanalysis and homosexuality that day. Oh to be in Leicester for that treat at St James' Church.
I nearly came to the Rachmaninov but we'd been to see a friend in the Leicester University Chorus in the afternoon and after that needed a night in, though the Bach Choir would have been a wonderful antidote! lol!
ReplyDeleteWill look out for the Spem in Alium, to listen if not to sing.