S Rachmaninov


All-night vigil (Vespers) (Op. 37)

There is an excellent performance of this Work recorded live at Smolensk Cathedral (Valery Polyansky, conductor)l on YouTube starting here.

Here is a "clickable" Table of the available Midi Files for this Work. Note that it is assumed that, to keep them from getting bored, in No: 4, "Gladsome light", the Bass IIIs will be singing the Bass II part unless they have something of their own. Note also that in Nos: 8 and 12 ("Praise the name of the Lord", and "The Great Doxology"), some of the "first" and "second" Voices are further divided into "upper" and "lower" parts, as indicated. However, note again that though in a number of places some of the "first" and "second" Voices are in the Score also further divided briefly into "upper" and "lower" parts, nevertheless - as indicated by the "undivided" comment in the Table below - they are not so divided in these Files.

My thanks to Dennis Drews and the ChoralTech MIDI/MP3 Library, whose Midi Files I used as the starting point for my own.

All-night vigil (Vespers) (Op. 37)
UNemphasized Soprano 1 Soprano 2  Alto 1  Alto 2 Tenor 1 Tenor 2  Bass 1  Bass 2
& Bass 3
1: Introit - Come, let us worship
   (Priidite, poklonimsia)
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
2: Bless the Lord, O my soul
   (Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda)
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
3: Blessed is the Man
   (Blazhen muzh)
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
4: Gladsome light
   (Svete tihiy)
yes yes yes yes yes
undivided
yes
undivided
yes yes Bass 2
yes Bass 3
5: Lord, now lettest Thou
   (Nunc dimittis)
   (Nine otpushchayeshi)
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
6: Rejoice, O Virgin
   (Ave Maria)
   (Bogoroditse devo)
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
7: The Six Psalms (Glory be to God)
   (The Lesser Doxology)
   (Shestopsalmiye)
yes
undivided
yes
undivided
yes yes yes yes
undivided
yes
undivided
yes
8: Praise the name of the Lord
   (Znamenny Chant)
   (Hvalite imia Ghospodne)
yes upper
yes lower
yes upper
yes lower
yes yes yes upper
yes lower
yes yes yes upper
yes lower
9: Blessed art Thou, O Lord
   (Znamenny Chant)
   (Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi)
yes yes
undivided
yes
yes
undivided
yes yes yes yes
10: Having beheld the Resurrection
   (Voskreseniye Hristovo videvshi)
yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes
11: My Soul magnifies the Lord
   (Velichit dusha moya Ghospoda)
yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes
12: The Great Doxology
   (Znamenny Chant)
   (Slavosloviye velikoye)
yes upper
yes lower
yes yes yes yes upper
yes lower
yes
undivided
yes yes upper
yes lower
13: The Troparian "Today Salvation has come"
   (Znamenny Chant)
   (Tropar "Dnes spaseniye")
yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes
14: The Troparian "Thou didst rise"
   (Znamenny Chant)
   (Tropar "Voskres iz groba")
yes yes yes
yes yes yes
undivided
yes yes
undivided
15: To Thee, the Victorious Leader
   ("Greek" Chant)
   (Vzbrannoy voyevode)
yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes
undivided

That's the end of the Work.

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Files originally uploaded in Dec/13.