![]() ![]() He also handled the logistics - simple enough, you might think, because Russian Orthodox practice bans musical instruments, using only voices.īut those voices must be special, combining virtuosity with smooth blend. They will repeat the performance on Friday at Carnegie Hall.įox, 44, first conducted the work - commonly called the Vespers, after a liturgical service included in it - as part of a senior project at Dartmouth in 2000. to lead the Clarion Choir in Rachmaninoff’s exquisite All-Night Vigil, a pinnacle of the rich Russian Orthodox repertory. On Wednesday, Fox, the artistic director of the New York-based Clarion Music Society, will return to his alma mater - Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. The sacred ones, particularly - with their flowing yet restrained lyricism and none of the bombast or sentimentality often associated with the composer - represent the very best of Rachmaninoff. It seems to have fallen to Steven Fox and his excellent choirs to tend to Rachmaninoff’s motley but treasurable body of choral works. Just as inevitably, commemorations have tended to focus on his war horses: the symphonies, piano concertos and solo piano works. In a classical music world obsessed with anniversaries, be they grand or modest, the 150th birthday of the Russian émigré composer Sergei Rachmaninoff has inevitably drawn notice. ![]()
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