Vesper Service, Op.52 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

		Movements/Sections 17 sections: Introductory Psalm: "Bless My Soul, O Lord" (Предначинательный псалом: «Благослови душе моя») "Lord Have Mercy" and other brief responses («Господи, помилуй» и другие краткие молитвословия) Kathisma: "Blessed is the Man" (Кафисма: «Блажен муж») "Lord, I Call to Thee" («Господи, воззвах к Тебе») "Gladsome Light" («Свете тихий») "Rejoice, O Virgin" («Богородице, Дево, радуйся») "The Lord is God" («Бог Господь») Polyeleion: "Praise the Name of the Lord" (Полиелей: «Хвалите имя Господне») Troparia: "Blessed Art Thou, Lord" (Тропари: «Благословен еси Господи») Gradual Antiphon: "From My Youth" (Степенна «От юности моея») Hymns after the Gospel Reading: "Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ" (Песнопения по Евангелии: «Воскресение Христово видевше») Common Katabasis: "I Shall Open My Lips" (Катавасия рядовая: «Отверзну уста моя») Canticle of the Mother of God (Песнь Богоматери с припевом) "Holy is the Lord Our God" («Свят Господь Бог наш») Theotokion: "Both Now and Forever" (Богородичен «И ныне и присно») Great Doxology: "Glory to God in the Highest" (Великое славословие «Слава в вышних Богу») "To Thee the Glorious Leader" («Взбранной Воеводе победительная») Composition Year 1881–82 Genre Categories Vespers; Religious works; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; Church Slavonic language

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 Table of Contents
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Publisher Info.:

[Moscow: Jurgenson?, 1882]
reprint — New York: Kalmus, n.d. (ca.1975–85]. Kalmus Vocal Series No.6772

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Original title page, plate numbers and censor's approval omitted in reprint

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General Information

Work Title	Vesper Service
Alternative Title	All-Night Vigil (Всенощное бдение)

Composer	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.52
Movements/Sections	17 sections: Introductory Psalm: "Bless My Soul, O Lord" (Предначинательный псалом: «Благослови душе моя») "Lord Have Mercy" and other brief responses («Господи, помилуй» и другие краткие молитвословия) Kathisma: "Blessed is the Man" (Кафисма: «Блажен муж») "Lord, I Call to Thee" («Господи, воззвах к Тебе») "Gladsome Light" («Свете тихий») "Rejoice, O Virgin" («Богородице, Дево, радуйся») "The Lord is God" («Бог Господь») Polyeleion: "Praise the Name of the Lord" (Полиелей: «Хвалите имя Господне») Troparia: "Blessed Art Thou, Lord" (Тропари: «Благословен еси Господи») Gradual Antiphon: "From My Youth" (Степенна «От юности моея») Hymns after the Gospel Reading: "Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ" (Песнопения по Евангелии: «Воскресение Христово видевше») Common Katabasis: "I Shall Open My Lips" (Катавасия рядовая: «Отверзну уста моя») Canticle of the Mother of God (Песнь Богоматери с припевом) "Holy is the Lord Our God" («Свят Господь Бог наш») Theotokion: "Both Now and Forever" (Богородичен «И ныне и присно») Great Doxology: "Glory to God in the Highest" (Великое славословие «Слава в вышних Богу») "To Thee the Glorious Leader" («Взбранной Воеводе победительная»)
Year/Date of Composition	1881–82
First Performance	1882-07-09 — Moscow: Pyotr Sakharov (conductor)
First Publication	1883 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. 115 pages. Plates 4882 to 4897.
Librettist	Orthodox liturgy
Language	Russian Church Slavonic
Average Duration	45 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Chorus (SATB)
External Links	Tchaikovsky Research
Extra Information	The published score includes a piano part intended as an aid to rehearsal only.