Utwory na płycie:

• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Tulkaa, kumartakaamme - O come, let us worship God
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Alkupsalmi / Psalm 103
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 1. Katisma / 1st Katisma
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Avuksihuutopsalmi / Psalm of Invocation
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Avuksihuutostikiira / Sticheron of Invocation
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Dogmistikiira Jumalansynnyttäjälle / Sticheron to the Mother of God
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Ehtoohymni / Evening Hymn
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Hartauden ektenia / Ekteniya
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Litanian stikiira / Sticheron of the Litany
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Litanian ektenia / Ekteniya of the Litany
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Virrelmästikiira / Sticheron
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Tropari I (Troparion I)
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Juhlapäivän tropari / Troparion of the Feast
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Loppusiunaus / Final Blessing
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Kunnia olkoon pyhälle / Glory to the Holy consubstantial
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Tropari II (Troparion II)
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Tropari III (Troparion III)
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Ylistysveisu / Hymn of Praise
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Ylösnousemustropari / Troparion of the Resurrection
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Antifoni / Antiphon
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Prokimeni / Prokeimenon
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Ylösnousemusveisu / Hymn of the Resurrection
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Kanoni: 1. Irmossi / Canon: 1st Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 3. Irmossi / 3rd Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 4. Irmossi / 4th Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 5. Irmossi / 5th Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 6. Irmossi / 6th Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 7. Irmossi / 7th Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 8. Irmossi / 8th Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Katabasi: Jumalansynnyttäjän kiitosvirsi (Katabasis: Hymn of Thanksgiving of the Mother of God)
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): 9. Irmossi / 9th Irmos
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Kiitosstikiira / Sticheron of Thanksgiving
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Ylösnousemustropari / Troparion of the Resurrection
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil): Loppusiunaus / Final Blessing

Vigilia
All-Night Vigil in Memory of St John the Baptist for mixed choir and soloists:
Ehtoopalvelus (Vespers)
Aamupalvelus (Matins)

In 1971, Einojuhani Rautavaara was asked to compose a Finnish Orthodox church service, an all-night vigil similar to that of Rachmaninov, comprising Vespers as well as Matins. Soon after the first performance he reshaped the music into what we now know as Vigilia, a concert version forming a musical whole. As his inspiration, Rautavaara has himself described a visit to the Valamo monastery in the middle of Lake Ladoga in 1939: ‘The bells began to ring, low-pitched booms and higher, shrill clinks: the world was filled with sounds and colours…’

The music is marked by dark colours, the heady smell of incense and the crepuscular church lit only by small candles. Divided into two parts, Vespers and Matins, the 70-minute work consists of 34 sections, and features prominent parts for a bass and a tenor soloist, as well as a number of solo voices emerging from the mixed choir. The work is enriched by the constantly changing combinations of choir and soloists, the perspective shifting from the personal to the universal. It is here performed by the 21-strong Helsinki Chamber Choir, under its artistic director Nils Schweckendiek – a team that has made several recordings for BIS in recent years. These include Riemuitkaamme!, a Christmas disc (‘Schweckendiek’s immaculately blended singers make a glorious noise’, The Arts Desk), as well as a two-disc survey of the choral works of Finnish modernist Erik Bergman (‘The Helsinki choir produces a radiant sound throughout’, Choir & Organ).

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Recording: August 2018 at Järvenpää Church, Finland. Płyta wydana w opakowaniu BIS ekopak.