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Cover: Einojuhani Rautavaara – Vigilia

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Vigilia

Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Timo Nuoranne, conductor

ODE 910-2 · CD · January 1998

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Track listing

34 tracks · 63:56

Einojuhani Rautavaara

  1. Vigilia (All-night vigil for the feast of St John the Forerunner)for mixed choir and soloists (1996) 64:14
  2. 1 Vespers 0:49
  3. 2 Vespers: Psalm 103 2:21
  4. 3 Vespers: 1st Katisma 3:03
  5. 4 Vespers: Psalm of Invocation 1:53
  6. 5 Vespers: Sticheron of Invocation 3:55
  7. 6 Vespers: Sticheron to the Mother of God 2:01
  8. 7 Vespers: Evening Hymn 2:01
  9. 8 Vespers: Ekteniya 1:17
  10. 9 Vespers: Sicheron of the Litany 2:38
  11. 10 Vespers: Ekteniya of the Litany 2:32
  12. 11 Vespers: Sticheron 1:01
  13. 12 Vespers: Troparion 2:34
  14. 13 Vespers:Troparion of the Feast 2:09
  15. 14 Vespers: Final Blessing 1:13
  16. 15 Matins 0:38
  17. 16 Matins: Troparion 1:41
  18. 17 Matins: Troparion (2nd) 1:25
  19. 18 Matins: Hymn of Praise 0:34
  20. 19 Matins: Troparion of the Resurrection 4:18
  21. 20 Matins: Antiphon 2:15
  22. 21 Matins: Prokeimenon 1:19
  23. 22 Matins: Hymn of the Ressurection 3:02
  24. 23 Matins: Canon: 1st Irmos 0:53
  25. 24 Matins: 3rd Irmos 0:42
  26. 25 Matins: 4th Irmos 0:59
  27. 26 Matins: 5th Irmos 1:50
  28. 27 Matins: 6th Irmos 1:04
  29. 28 Matins: 7th Irmos 0:47
  30. 29 Matins: 8th Irmos 0:38
  31. 30 Matins: Katabasis: Hymn of Thanksgiving of the Mother of God 6:12
  32. 31 Matins: 9th Irmos 1:11
  33. 32 Matins: Sticheron of Thanksgiving 1:31
  34. 33 Matins: Troparion of the Ressurrection 2:14
  35. 34 Matins: Final Blessing 1:16

Features

Booklet with liner notes written by the composer, in English, German, French, and Finnish, and the sung texts in the original Finnish and in English; slipcase

The artists

Timo Nuoranne

Timo Nuoranne was Artistic Director of the Finnish Radio Chamber Choir between 1997 and 2004, when the ensemble became the Helsinki Chamber Choir. A graduate in choral conducting and piano playing from the Sibelius Academy, he at present teaches choral conducting on Academy's degree programme in church music and acts as Artistic Director of the Tampere Philharmonic Choir.

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