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The USSR State Chamber Choir: 1:20: 10. "Russian Monastic Vespers (Excerpt)" Choir of Monks from the Monastery of Chevetogne: 1:29: 11. "Bless the Lord, O my Soul: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Sergei Rachmaninoff" Choir of the Moscow Church: 5:13: 12. "Hymn of the Cherubim (Excerpt): Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky"
Russian Liturgical Music is the musical tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. This tradition began with the importation of the Byzantine Empire's religious music when the Kievan Rus' converted to Orthodoxy in 988.
The Russian Orthodox Church will often have, in addition to a kliros by the iconostasis, a choir loft above the great doors of the west entrance of the church. In churches of the Greek and some parts of the Russian tradition, chanters and men who sing at the kliros will often wear a black riassa (outer-cassock).
Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Георгий Васильевич Свиридов [n 1]; 16 December 1915 – 6 January 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.He is most widely known for his choral music, strongly influenced by the traditional chant of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as his orchestral works which often celebrate elements of Russian culture.
Tchaikovsky, known primarily for his symphonies, concertos and ballets, was deeply interested in the music and liturgy of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1875, he compiled A Concise Textbook of Harmony Intended to Facilitate the Reading of Sacred Musical Works in Russia. [3] In an 1877 letter to his friend and patroness Nadezhda von Meck, he wrote:
A portion of the Liturgy was given in concert performance in New York on January 24, 1914, by the male choir of the Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas, conducted by Ivan Gorokhov. [ 3 ] A new edition, reconstructed from surviving part books at an Orthodox monastery in the U.S. and microfilm at the U.S. Library of Congress , was published by ...
The Obikhod (Обиход церковного пения) is a collection of polyphonic Russian Orthodox liturgical chants forming a major tradition of Russian liturgical music; it includes both liturgical texts and psalm settings. The original Obikhod, the book of rites of the monastery of Volokolamsk, was composed about 1575. Among its ...
The repertoire of the ensemble in exile included liturgical chants of the Russian Orthodox Church. [4] The quartet toured in Europe and North America. Kedrov taught at the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff in Paris. His most famous piece is Our Father (ru: Отче наш), written in 1922. [6]