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Prom 36: Rachmaninov Vespers

• Date Tuesday 12 August 2008
• Time 10.15pm - c11.30pm
• Venue Royal Albert Hall
• Tickets £10-£15 price band D or Prom for £5
• Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3 and available as audio on demand for the following week.

Paul Hillier returns with his other choir (he directs Theatre of Voices in Stockhausen's Stimmung in Prom 21) for Rachmaninov's heartfelt setting of the Orthodox All-Night Vigil.

Dating from shortly before the composer's departure from his native Russia, it is one of his finest achievements. Among the most accomplished choirs performing today, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir has garnered impressive reviews.

Writing of its recording of this work, classicstoday.com said, 'these are exciting and often moving performances as the choir works the phrasing and dynamics into thoughtful, sincere expressions of the texts, never losing the effect and inherent Romanticism of Rachmaninov's gorgeous lines and rich harmonies.'

• Rachmaninov All-night vigil (Vespers) (63 mins)

There will be no interval

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier conductor

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