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Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 1. Priidite poklonimsya [2:44] 10. Voskresenie Khristovo videvshe [3:24] Come, let us worship The Resurrection of Christ

Ory Brown mezzo-soprano 2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya [5:32] 11. Velichit dusha moya Gospoda [7:50] Praise the Lord, O my soul My soul doth magnify the Lord David Vanderwal tenor Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York 3. Blazhen muzh [5:03] 12. Slava v vyshnikh Bogu [7:25] Blessed is the man Glory be to God on high John Scott conductor 4. Svete tikhii [3:35] 13. Dnes spaseniye miru byst [1:31] Hail, gladdening light Today is salvation come unto the world

5. Nyne otpushchaeshi [3:28] 14. Voskres iz groba [2:48] Lord, now lettest thy servant depart Thou didst rise from the tomb

6. Bogoroditse Devo, raduisya [2:48] 15. Vzbrannoy voyevode [1:39] Rejoice, O virgin mother of God To Thee, our leader in battle

7. Slava v vyshnikh Bogu [2:45] Glory be to God on high Total playing time [58:16]

About Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys: 8. Khvalite imya Gospodne [2:04] O praise the name of the Lord ‘The choir is absolutely secure from trebles to basses’ Gramophone 9. Blagosloven esi, gospodi [5:34] Blessed art Thou, O Lord ‘The choir sings wonderfully’ New York Times Sergei Rachmaninoff: persecution under an intolerant Communist leading composers at the turn of the The All-Night Vigil Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 regime – which only lifted in the Gorbachev era. century. These included, among others, Arkangelsky, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Gretchaninoff, Our fathers did not wish to receive the grace of evening light in silence; rather, they offered thanks We knew not whether we were in heaven or The music of the Russian Orthodox Church is and Chesnokov. Characteristic of this school as soon as it appeared. on earth, for surely there is no such splendour exclusively vocal; no instruments of any kind of composition is the highly developed vocal or beauty anywhere upon earth. We cannot St Basil the Great, fourth century describe it to you: only this we know, that are permitted. The oldest chant of the Russian technique exploiting a wide tessitura for all God dwells there among men, and that their tradition is known as znamenny – the word voices, but especially parts for strong low The All-Night Vigil is celebrated on the eve of service surpasses the worship of all other derives from the Slavonic znamia (sign) basses and altos, combined with high tenor the main feasts of the Orthodox Church. places. For we cannot forget that beauty. which is comparable to the Western neume. and (to a lesser extent) soprano lines. Originally it lasted all night from 6pm on Rachmaninoff followed in the tradition of Saturday night through to 9am on Sunday So wrote the envoys of Vladimir I, The melody of znamenny chant is extremely these great composers. He was not raised in morning, and it consists of three separate experiencing for the first time the divine simple. It started as a purely monodic style, the church, nor did he attend regularly. As services: Great Vespers, Matins (at midnight) liturgy at the church of the Hagia Sophia in usually unornamented, moving almost a result, when he began to compose this and the First Hour or Prime (in the morning). Constantinople in 987. It was this visit that led exclusively by step following and speech work, he did not fall back on common By the end of the nineteenth century this directly to the establishment of the Russian intonation. Although this allows maximum formulas or established forms for the had been reduced to a service lasting a mere Orthodox Church the following year. clarity of the sung text, the chant could be various hymns. Rather, he gave careful three hours. decorated with a variety of celebratory consideration to the texts, setting them in Of particular significance for the Orthodox patterns for festive occasions. By the such a way as to point out meanings and The purpose of the vigil is to show a sense of Church are the veneration of Mary as Mother seventeenth century the melodic line, in nuances that other settings generally lack. beauty in the setting sun and give the of God and the adoption of icons as visible the tenor, was harmonized by other voices, The Vespers is written for a four-part choir; congregation a chance to consider the spiritual symbols of God’s taking human form in Christ. but by the mid-nineteenth century there was however, in many parts there are divisi into light of Christ, the new light of the coming a resurgence of interest in the ancient five, six, or eight-part harmony. At one day and the eternal light of the heavenly Schism with Rome in 1054 and the sacking prototypes, including chant. Composers point in the seventh movement, the choir kingdom. Great Vespers begins in silence, of Constantinople in the first Crusade (1204) began to create polyphonic settings of the is divided into eleven parts. The result is a with a cruciform censing of the altar – one of led to an irrevocable separation between chant melodies as well as freely composed work that is unique in its musical content, the most profound moments of Orthodox the two major branches of Christianity. Whilst original versions. Tchaikovsky himself tried formal breadth, sheer beauty and liturgy, representing eternal rest and the Western forms of Christianity continued to his hand at both approaches, employing opulence of choral writing. silence before Creation. There follows a evolve – and splinter into different factions harmonised chant in his All-Night Vigil (1881) sequence of hymns, readings, chants and – the Orthodox tradition has been preserved and a more effusive originality in his Liturgy prayers, providing an analogy of the way in largely intact. 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Photography: Rudi Wells in his Symphonic Dances, Op. 45. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 Texts & Translations Rachmaninoff believed his life and those of his 10. This movement was sung immediately A native of Semyonovo, near Novgorod in wife and two daughters to be in considerable Sergei Rachmaninoff after the Gospel reading as the book was north-western Russia, Rachmaninoff was born danger. They left Saint Petersburg for Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 brought out for the people to kiss. This is into a noble family of Tartar descent who had Stockholm on 22 December 1917, settling Rachmaninoff’s own chant, using wide been in the service of Tsars since the sixteenth firstly in Denmark (spending a year giving 1. Amin. century. His parents, both amateur pianists, concerts throughout Scandinavia), finally Priidite Poklonimsya Tsarevi nashemu Bogu. contrasts of register and dynamics. Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem Khristu Tsarevi having unfortunately squandered the family departing for New York from Oslo in nashemu Bogu. 11. This is the Magnificat, the text from fortune, were reduced to a single estate at November 1918, where he mainly lived Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem samomu Khristu Luke 1: 46–55. Mary’s words (strangely Oneg, where Rachmaninoff had his first thereafter, marking the beginning of the Tsarevi i Bogu nashemu. Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem Emu. enough given to the bass at first) alternate piano lessons with his mother. Neither parent American period of the composer’s life. with an antiphon ‘More honourable than the noticed any particularly outstanding talent in The family never returned to Russia, a Amen. cherubim’, which begins in various different the young Rachmaninoff until his teenage cause of great personal sadness for O come, let us worship God our King. keys but always cadences in B flat. years. Indeed, as a youth he appears to have the composer. Rachmaninoff’s music was O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and God. been ‘quite lazy, failing most of his classes banned in the Soviet Union for several years O come, let us worship and fall down before the 12. The climax of Matins, and in a true all- and spending much of his time ice skating’. and his compositional output diminished, very Christ, our King and God. night Vigil this would coincide with the He was eventually sent to the Moscow partly because he spent most of his time O come, let us worship and fall down before him. Conservatory, where he lived in the home performing to support the family. sunrise – the priest begins with the Psalm 95:6 exclamation, ‘Glory to Thee who has shown of one of his teachers, Nicholai Zverev. For Nevertheless, he still managed to produce us the light’. Rachmaninoff’s setting of the Sergei and two other students living in the some of the best-known orchestral works 2. Amin. words of the Gloria begins with znamenny house, the day began at 6 am with piano of the twentieth century in the latter part Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda, blagosloven esi, Gospodi. chant. There is then a sequence of contrasted practice and continued throughout the day of his career, including the magnificent Gospodi Bozhe moy, vozvelichilsya esi zelo. sections containing some of the most as they learned the basics of music from piano concertos for which he is best known. Blagosloven esi, Gospodi. rhythmically and harmonically complex music studying four-hand arrangements of Rachmaninoff died on 28 March 1943, in Vo ispovedaniye i v velelepotu obleklsya esi. of the Vigil. symphonies. Evenings were spent attending Beverly Hills, California, just days before Na gorakh stanut vody. Divna dela Tvoya, Gospodi. Posrede gor proydut vody. concerts in the city. On Sunday afternoons, his seventieth birthday. He is buried at Vsya premudrostiyu sotvoril esi. 13. & 14. The two Resurrection hymns were Zverev held musical gatherings where the Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York. Slava Ti, Gospodi, sotvorivshemu vsya. not both sung in one service: they would young Rachmaninoff first met the prominent musicians of his day: Anton Rubinstein, © 2008 John Scott Amen. alternate according to the prevailing tone of Praise the Lord, O my soul, blessed art thou, O Lord. the chant for that week. Both are based on Taneyev, Arensky, and the most influential O Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious. znamenny chants, the second slightly longer of all, Tchaikovsky Thou art clothed with majesty and honour. and richer harmonically. Blessed art thou, O Lord. The waters stand in the hills. Following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 O Lord, how manifold are thy works. 2. (cont.) Hail, gladdening light, of his pure glory poured, 7. Slava v vyshnikh Bogu, i na zemli mir, Blagosloven esi, Gospodi... In wisdom hast thou made them all. Who is the immortal Father, heavenly, blest, v chelovetsekh blagovoleniye. Pochto mira s milostivnymi slezami, o uchenitsy, Glory to thee, O Lord, creator of all. Holiest of Holies, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Gospodi, ustne moyi otverzeshi, rastvoryayete? Now we are come to the sun’s hour of rest, i usta moya vozvestyat khvalu Tvoyu. Blistayaisya vo grobe angel, mironositsam veshchashe, Verses from Psalm 104 The lights of evening round us shine, ‘Vidite vy grob, i urazumeite: Spas bo vozkrese ot groba.’ We hymn the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Divine. Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace 3. Blazhen muzh, izhe ne ide na sovet nechestivykh. Alliluya. Worthiest art thou at all times to be sung to men of goodwill. Blagosloven esi, Gospodi... Yako vest Gospod put pravednykh, i put nechestivykh With undefiled tongue, O Lord, open thou my lips and my mouth Zelo rano mironositsy techakhu ko grobu Tvoyemu pogibnet. Alliluya. Son of our God, giver of life, alone! shall show forth thy praise. rydayushchiya. Rabotaite Gospodevi so strakhom i raduitesya Emu s Therefore in all the world thy glories, Lord, they own. No predsta k nim angel, i reche: trepetom. Alliluya. Luke 2:14; Psalm 51:15 ‘Rydaniya vremya presta ne plachite, voskresnye Blazheni vsi nadeysushchisya Nan. Alliluya. Christian Hymn, third century zhe apostolom rtsyte.’ Voskresni, Gospodi, spasi mya, Bozhe moy. Alliluya. 8. Khvalite imya Gospodne. Alliluya. Gospodene est spaseniye, i na lyudekh Tvoikh 5. Nyne Otpushchayeshi raba Tvoego, Vladyko, Khvalite, rabi, Gospoda. Alliluya. Blagosloven esi, Gospodi... blagosloveniye Tvoye. Alliluya. po glagolu Tvoyemu s mirom: Blagosloven Gospod ot Siona, Mironositoy zheny, s miry prishedshyya ko grobu Slava Otsu, i Synu, i Svyatomu Dukhu, i nyne i prisno yako videsta ochi moi spaseniye Tvoye, zhivyi vo Iyerusaleme. Alliluya. Tvoyemu, Spase, rydakhu. i vo veki vekov. Amin. ezhe esi ugotoval pre litsem vsekh lyudei, Ispovedaitesya Gospodevi, yako blag. Alliluya. Angel zhe k nim reche, glagolya: Alliluya. Slava Tebe, Bozhe. svet vo otkrovenie yazykov, i slavu lyudei Tvoikh Yako v vek milost Ego. Alliluya. Chto s mertvymi zhivago pomyshlyayete? Izrailya. Ispovedaitesya Bogu nebesnomu. Alliluya. Yako Bog bo voskrese ot groba. Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel Yako v vek milost Ego. Alliluya. Slava Ottsu, i Synu, i Svyatomu Dukhu. of the ungodly. Alleluia. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the according to thy word. O praise the name of the Lord. Alleluia. Poklonimsya Ottsu, i Ego Synovi, i Svyatomu Dukhu, way of the ungodly shall perish. Alleluia. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Praise the Lord, ye servants. Alleluia. Svyatei Troitse vo edinom sushchestve, s Serve the Lord in fear and rejoice unto him with Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, serafimy zovushche: reverence. Alleluia. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Alleluia. ‘Svyat, svyat, svyat esi Gospodi.’ Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Alleluia. and to be the glory of thy people Israel. O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious. Alleluia. I nyne, i prisno, i vo veki vekov. Amin. Up, Lord, help me, O my God. Alleluia. For his mercy endureth for ever. Alleluia. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord, and thy blessing is Luke 2:29–32 O give thanks unto the God of heaven. Alleluia. Zhiznodavtsa rozhdshi, grekha, Devo, Adama izbavila esi. upon the people. Alleluia. For his mercy endureth for ever. Alleluia. Radost zhe Eve v pechali mesto podala esi: padshiya zhe Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, 6. Bogoroditse Devo, raduisya, Blagodatnaya Mariye, ot zhizni, k sei napravi, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Gospod s Toboyu. Verses from Psalms 135-136 iz Tebe voplotivyisya Bog i chelovek. Alleluia. Glory to thee, O God. Blagoslovenna Ty v zhenakh, i blagosloven plod Alliluya. Slava Tebe, Bozhe. chreva Tvoyego, 9. Blagosloven esi, Gospodi, nauchi mya Verses from Psalms 1-3 yako Spasa rodila esi dush nashikh. opravdaniem Tvoim. Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me thy statutes. Angelskiy sobor udivisya, zrya Tebe v mertvykh The angelic host was filled with awe when it saw 4. Svete tikyi svyatyya slavy, bezsmertnago, Rejoice, O Virgin mother of God, Mary full of grace, vmenivshasya, thee among the dead. Otsa nebesnago, the Lord is with thee. smertnuyu zhe, Spase, krepost razorivsha, By destroying the power of death, O Saviour, Svyatago blazhennago, Iisuse Khriste! Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the I s Soboyu Adama vozdvigsha I ot ada vsya svobozhdsha. thou didst raise Adam and save all men from hell. Prishedshe na zapad solntsa, videvshe svet vechernii, fruit of thy womb, poyem Otsa, Syna I Svyatago Dukha, Boga! for thou hast borne the saviour of our souls. Blessed art thou... Dostoin esi vo vsya vremena pet byti glasi ‘Why do you mingle myrrh with your tears of prepodobnymi, Orthodox Prayer compassion, O ye women disciples?’ Syne Bozhii, zhivot dayai, temzhe mir Tya slavit. cried the radiant angel in the tomb to the myrrh-bearers. 10. (cont.) My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced proslavleno imya Tvoye vo veki. Amin. ‘Behold the tomb and understand: Priidite vsi vernii, poklonimsya svyatomu in God my Saviour. Budi, Gospodi, milost Tvoya na nas, yakozhe upovakhom na Tya. the Saviour is risen from the dead!’ Khristovu voskreseniyu: Greater in honour than the cherubim and glorious Blagosloven esi, Gospodi, nauchi mya opravdaniem Tvoyim. se bo priide Krestom radost vsemu miru. incomparably more than the seraphim, thou who inviolate Gospodi pribezhishche byl esi nam v rod i rod. Blessed art thou... Vsegda blagoslovyashche Gospoda, didst bring forth God the Word and art indeed the Az rekh: Gospodi, pomiluy mya, istseli dushu moyu, Very early in the morning the myrrh-bearers ran poyem Voskreseniye Ego; Mother of God: thee we do magnify. yako sogreshikh Tebe. with sorrow to thy tomb, raspyatiye bo preterpev, smertiyu smert razrushi. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. Gospodi, k Tebe pribegokh, nauchi mya tvoriti volyu Tvoyu, but an angel came to them and said: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call yako Ty esi Bog moy, ‘The time for sorrow has come to an end. Having beheld the resurrection of Christ, let us me blessed. yako u Tebe istochnik zhivota. Do not weep, but announce the resurrection to the apostles.’ worship the holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. Greater in honour... Vo svete Tvoem uzrim svet. We venerate thy cross, O Christ, and we hymn For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his name. Probavi milost Tvoyu vedushchym Tya. Blessed art thou . . . and glorify thy holy resurrection, And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all The myrrh-bearers were sorrowful as they neared for thou art our God and we know no other than thee. generations. Svyaty i Bozhe, Svyaty i Krepkyi, Svyaty i Bezsmertny i, thy tomb but the Angel said to them: We call on thy name. Come, all ye faithful, He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath pomiluy nas. ‘Why do you number the living among the dead? let us venerate Christ’s holy resurrection. exalted the humble and meek. Slava Ottsu, i Synu, i Svyatomu Dukhu, i nyne i prisno i Since he is God, He is risen from the tomb.’ He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich vo veki vekov. Amin. For behold, through the cross joy has come into he hath sent empty away. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the all the world. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace to Holy Ghost. Ever blessing the Lord, let us praise his resurrection, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, men of goodwill. We praise thee, we bless thee, We worship the Father, and his Son, and the Holy Spirit. for by enduring the cross for us he has destroyed forever. we worship thee, we glorify thee, The Holy Trinity, one in essence. death by death. we give thanks to thee for thy great glory. We cry with the seraphim: ‘Holy, holy, holy art Luke 1:46–55 O Lord, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. thou, O Lord.’ Orthodox Hymn O Lord, the only begotten son Jesus Christ, Now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. 12. Slava v vyshnikh Bogu, i na zemli mir, v chelovetsekh and thou Holy Spirit. O Lord God, 11. Velichitdusha moya Gospoda, blagovoleniye. Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away Since thou didst give birth to the giver of life, O virgin, ivozvradovasya dukh moyo Bozhe Spase moyem. Khvalim Tya, blagoslovim Tya, klanyaem Ti sya, slavoslovim the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. thou didst deliver Adam from his sin. Chestneyshuyu Kheruvim i slavneyshuyu bez sravneniya Tya, blagodarim Tya velikiya radi slavi Tvoeya. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, Thou gavest joy to Eve instead of sadness. Serafim, bez istleniya Bogo Slova rozhdshuyu, Gospodi, Tsaryu Nebesny, Bozhe Otche, vsederzhitelyu. receive our prayer. The God-man who was born of thee has restored sushchuyu Bogoroditsu Tya velichayem. Gospodi, Syne Edinorodny, Iisuse Khriste i Svatye i Dushe. Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father, to life them that had fallen from it. Yako prizre na smireniye raby Svoyeya. Gospodi Bozhe, Agnche Bozhiy, Syne Otech, Vzemlyai grekh have mercy upon us. Alleluia. Glory to thee, O God. Se bo otnyne ublazhat mya vsi rodi. mira, pomiluy nas: vzemlyai grekhi mira, priimi For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord, Chestneyshuyu Kheruvim... molitvu nashu. O Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen. Orthodox Hymns Yako sotvori mne velichie silny, i svyato imya Ego. I milost Ego v rody rodov boyashchymsya Ego. Sedyai odesnuyu Ottsa, pomiluy nas. Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name forever, 10. Voskreseniye Khristovo Videvshe, poklonimsya Nizlozhi silniya so prestol, i voznese smirennya. Yako Ty esi edin svyat, Ty esi edin Gospod, Iisus Khristos, ye a forever and ever. Svyatomu Alchushchiya ispolni blag, i bogatyashchiyasya otpusti tshchi. v slavu Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Gospodu Iisusu, Edinomu bezgreshnomu. Vospriyat Izrailya otroka svoyego, pomyanuti milosti, Boga Ottsa. Amin. Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and praised Krestu Tvoyemu poklanyayemsya, Khriste, i yakozhe glagola ko otsem nashym, and glorified is thy name forever. Amen. svyatoye voskreseniye Avraamu i semeni ego, dazhe do veka. Na vsyak den blagoslovlyu Tya i voskhvalyu Imya Tvoe vo Tvoye poyem i slavim: veki i v vek veka. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us according as we Ty bo esi Bog nash, razve Tebe inogo ne znayem, Spodobi, Gospodi, v den sei bez grekha sokhranitisya nam. have hoped in thee. imya Tvoye imenuem. Blagosloven esi Gospodi, Bozhe Otets nashikh, i khvalno i Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me thy statutes. O Lord, thou hast been our refuge and through them hast granted thy peace to the world, The Saint Thomas Choir & Choir School In addition to the annual performances of from generation to generation. O all-merciful Lord. Handel’s Messiah, concerts at Saint Thomas I said: Lord have mercy upon me; The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys is have included Requiems by Fauré, Brahms, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. Orthodox Hymn considered by many to be the leading Mozart, Duruflé and Howells; Bach’s O Lord, unto thee have I fled; teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God; 15. Vzbrannoy voyevode pobeditelnaya, ensemble in the Anglican choral tradition Passions and Mass in B Minor; the for with thee is the fountain of life; yako izbavlshesya ot zlykh, in the United States. Directed from 2004-2015 Monteverdi Vespers of 1610; a Henry in thy light shall we see light. blagodarstvennaya vospisuem Ti rabi Tvoi, Bogoroditse. by John Scott, formerly Organist and Director Purcell anniversary concert; Rachmaninoff O continue thy mercy unto those that know thee. No yako imushchaya derzhavu nepobedimuyu, of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Vespers; the U.S. premiere of John ot vsyakikh nas bed svobodi, da zovyom Ti: the choir performs regularly with the period Tavener’s Mass; a concert of American O holy God, holy mighty, holy immortal, raduisya, Nevesto Nenevestnaya. instrument ensemble, Concert Royal, or composers featuring works by Bernstein have mercy upon us. with the Orchestra of St Luke’s as part of and Copland and a composition by Saint Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, To thee, our leader in battle, O mother of God, its own concert series. Its primary raison Thomas chorister, Daniel Castellanos; the and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever and unto the we thy servants, delivered from evil, d’être, however, is to provide music for five world premiere of Scott Eyerly’s Spires and ages of ages. Amen offer hymns of victory and thanksgiving; choral services each week. Live webcasts of Handel’s Israel in Egypt. In the spring of since thou hast power invincible, from all calamity deliver us, all choral services and further information 2015, the choir signed an agreement with The Great Doxology that we may cry unto thee: rejoice, O bride without bridegroom. including recordings of the choir may be the UK recording label Resonus Classics for 13. Dnes Spaseniye miru byst, poyem voskresshemu found at www.saintthomaschurch.org future recording projects. The first recording iz groba Orthodox Hymn in this series to be released was the choir’s I nachalniku zhizni nasheya: razrushiv bo smertiyu smert, Supplementing its choral services and recording of the Bach Motets, followed by pobedu dade nam i veliyu milost. concert series over the past three decades, Dancing Day: Music for Christmas. the choir has toured throughout the U.S. Today is salvation come unto the world; and Europe with performances at The Men of the Saint Thomas Choir are let us sing to him who arose from the grave and is author Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral professional singers; the Boy choristers of our life; in London, Kings College, Cambridge, attend Saint Thomas Choir School. Founded for having destroyed death by death, Windsor, Edinburgh, St Albans and the in 1919, it is the only church related boarding he has given us victory and great mercy. Aldeburgh Festival. In 2004, the choir choir school in the United States, and one of Orthodox Hymn toured Italy, and performed for a Papal only a few choir schools remaining in the world. Mass at the Vatican. During 2007, the choir The Choir School offers a challenging 14. Voskres iz groba i uzy rasterzal esi ada, performed Bach’s St Matthew Passion for pre-preparatory curriculum, interscholastic razrushil esi osuzhdeniye smerti, Gospodi, the opening concert of the Mexico Festival sports, and musical training for boys in vsya ot setei vraga izbavivyi, yavivyi zhe Sebe apostolom in Mexico City as well as at Saint Thomas grades three through eight. The Choir School Tvoim, poslal ersi ya na propoved. Church. In February 2012, the Boys of the is committed to training and educating I temi mir Tvoi podal esi vselennei, Edine Mnogomilostive. choir traveled to Dresden to give the premiere talented musicians without regard to of Lera Auerbach’s Dresden Requiem with the religious, economic, or social background. Thou didst rise from the tomb and burst the bond of Hades, Dresden Staatskapelle in the Frauenkirche Choristers are sought from all regions of the thou, O Lord didst destroy the condemnation of death, and Semper Oper. Later in 2012, the choir country. Details of admissions procedures and delivering all mankind from the snares of the enemy, was invited to perform in the Thomaskirche audition requirements are available at thou didst show thyself to thine apostles, and didst send them forth to preach; at the Leipzig BachFest, a highlight of their www.choirschool.org. June 2012 tour to Germany and Copenhagen. John Scott (1956-2015) Birmingham, Notre Dame in Paris, the sonatas of Elgar, organ music by William Aarhus Organ Festival in Denmark, Cologne Mathias, Maurice Duruflé and Mendelssohn, John Scott was born in 1956 in Wakefield, Cathedral, Disney Hall in Los Angeles and as well as two discs of music by Marcel Dupré. Yorkshire, where he became a Cathedral London’s Royal Albert Hall. He has also recorded the solo organ part in chorister. While still at school he gained Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass with the London the diplomas of the Royal College of At St Paul’s he played a complete cycle of Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Organists and won the major prizes. In the organ works of J.S. Bach in 2000 and Tilson Thomas. He recently made a recording 1974 he became Organ Scholar of St John’s followed this in subsequent years with the at the organ of Washington’s National College, Cambridge, where he acted as organ symphonies of Vierne and Widor, as Cathedral for the JAV label. assistant to Dr George Guest. His organ well as the complete organ works of Franck studies were with Jonathan Bielby, Ralph and Buxtehude. At Saint Thomas Church, In the summer of 2004, after a 26 year Downes, and Dame Gillian Weir. He made Fifth Avenue, New York, he performed association with St Paul’s Cathedral, he his debut in the 1977 Promenade Concerts complete cycles of the organ works of took up the post of Organist and Director of in the Royal Albert Hall; he was the youngest Buxtehude in 2007, Messiaen in 2008 and Music at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, organist to appear in the Proms. the six organ symphonies of Louis New York, where he directs the renowned Vierne in 2009. In 2014, he was one of the choir of men and boys. He was awarded the On leaving Cambridge, he was appointed featured organists in the re-opening Gala LVO in the New Years Honours List of 2004, Assistant Organist at London’s two Anglican and subsequently gave the first solo recital a personal gift from HM Queen Elizabeth II, Cathedrals: St Paul’s and Southwark. In on the restored organ in London’s Royal in recognition of his work at St Paul’s 1985 he became Sub-Organist of St Paul’s Festival Hall and gave the opening recital Cathedral. He was awarded an honorary Cathedral, and in 1990 he succeeded Dr of the organ in the new Musikkens Hus doctorate from Nashotah House Seminary Christopher Dearnley as Organist and in Aalborg, Denmark. In June, he gave the in Wisconsin in 2007. Director of Music. premiere of Nico Muhly’s Patterns for the American Guild of Organists National As an organist, John has performed in five Convention in Boston. continents, premiered many new works American Guild of Organists. He is a past written for him, and worked with various President of the Incorporated Association of In addition to his work as a conductor and specialist ensembles. He is a first-prize Organists. He has been a member of a number organist, John has published a number of winner from the Manchester International of international competition juries, including choral compositions and arrangements and Organ Competition (1978) and the Leipzig those in Manchester, Dublin, Chartres, Dallas, he has jointly edited two compilations of J.S. Bach Competition (1984). In 1998 he St Albans and Erfurt. Recent highlights of his liturgical music for the Church’s year, was nominated International Performer career have included recitals at the published by Oxford University Press. of the Year by the New York Chapter of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Symphony Hall, John’s many recordings include the organ

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