| Work Title
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All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
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| Alternative. Title
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Всенощное бдение (Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye)
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| Name Translations
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Las vísperas; All-Night Vigil; Vigilia; Les Vêpres; 徹夜祷; Vsenočno bdenje; Свеноћно бденије (Рахмањинов); Все́нощное бде́ние; Das große Abend- und Morgenlob; Veglia per tutta la notte; Les vespres; 徹夜禱; سهر طوال الليل (رحمانينوف); Ολονύχτια αγρυπνία
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| Name Aliases
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Las visperas; All-Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff); Vsénoshchnoye bdéniye; Vespers, Op. 37; All-Night Vigil, Op. 37; Vigilia (Rahmaninov); Всенощное бдение; Всенощное бдѣніе; Große Abend- und Morgenlob, das; Ganznächtliche Vigil; Vesper; 晩祷
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| Authorities
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WorldCat; [ Wikipedia]; VIAF: 183264559; LCCN: no89005249; GND: 300124244; BNF: 139176282
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| Composer
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.37
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ISR 2
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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15 movements:
- Приидите, поклонимся (Priidite, poklonimsya)
O Come, Let Us Worship (Venite adoremus)
- Благослови, душе моя (Blagoslovi, dushe moya)
Praise the Lord, O my soul (Benedic anima mea)
- Блажен муж (Blazhen muzh) / Blessed is the Man (Beatus vir)
- Свете тихий (Svete tikhiy) / Gladsome Light
- Ныне отпущаеши (Nyne otpushchayeshi) / Nunc dimittis
- Богородице Дево, радуйся (Bogorodishche Devo, raduysya) / Ave Maria
- Шестопсалмие (Shestopsalmiye) / Glory be to God
- Хвалите имя Господне (Khvalite imya Gospodne)
Praise be the name of the Lord (Laudate Dominum)
- Благословен еси, Господи (Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi)
Blessed be the Lord
- Воскресение Христово видевше (Voskreseniye Khristovo videvshe)
The Veneration of the Cross
- Величит душа Моя Господа (Belichit dusha Moya Gospoda) / Magnificat
- Славословие великое (Slavosloviye velikoye) / Gloria in Excelsis
- Днесь спасение (Dnes' spaseniye) / The Day of Salvation
- Воскрес из гроба (Voskres iz groba) / Christ is Risen
- Взбранной воеводе (Vzbrannoy voyevode) / To the Mother of God
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1915
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| First Performance.
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1915 (March)
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| First Publication.
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1915
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| Language
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Russian Church Slavonic
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| Dedication
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Stepan Vasilyevich Smolensky (1848–1909)
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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59 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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alto, tenor, mixed chorus (SATB), piano (ad lib.)
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
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| Extra Information
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Sometimes called Vespers, but inaccurately, as with Tchaikovsky's work.
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