The Sealed Angel
composer: Rodion Shchedrin
Der versiegelte Engel
(Russische Liturgie)
Instrumentation: mixed choir (SSAATTBB), soloists (SAT), 2 boy's voices (SA) and flute
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 60' 0''
Difficulty: difficult
Edition: score
Language: Old Slavonic
76 Pages
ISMN: 979-0-001-11380-9
Order number: ED 8517
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Description
The Sealed Angel, Shchedrin’s monumental choral work - over an hour long - is rooted in the tradition of the large scale liturgical compositions by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, and, like them, is closely related to the "Znamennyj raspev", the traditional chant of the Russian Orthodox church. But more than this, Shchedrin's richly varied score unites sacred and secular elements in almost exemplary fashion; the liturgical texts and the flow of the music inspired by Orthodox church music are fused together with interludes played on the flute, which above and beyond its colouristic role, plays the practical part of a pitch pipe for the members of the choir.
Recordings
Der versiegelte Engel (2010)
Rodion Shchedrin
Dita Krenberga, Latvija, Staatschor der Republik Lettland, Jurgis Liepnieks, Inese Romancane, Zane Zilberte
WERGO
WER-67322
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