Rachmaninov Vespers
Brighton Festival Chorus
James Morgan conductor
Juliette Pochin mezzo soprano
Christopher Lemmings tenor
A virtuoso pianist and a brooding Romantic cast in the Tchaikovsky mould, Rachmaninov was also a masterful composer of choral works.
Written in 1913, his stirring Vespers was the culmination of a great Russian tradition, a masterwork of choral virtuosity that outstripped all its predecessors in its haunting serenity. In the atmospheric setting of St Bartholomew's Church, the 150-strong Brighton Festival Chorus recreates the majesty of Moscow's Kremlin cathedrals, building an epic symphony of sound that is at once celebratory and reflective, lyrical and deeply affecting.
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