Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil with Cambridge Schola
19:30
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Ely Cathedral
Programme
- All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
- Cello Sonata in G minor
Composers
About This Event
Featuring some of Rachmaninov's most soulful music, this work, written for the Orthodox church shortly before the 1917 Revolution, shows the composer at his most inventive and heartfelt.
The concert also showcases Schola's director Graham Walker, with virtuoso pianist Patrick Hemmerl茅, in Rachmaninov's Sonata for Piano & Cello. The Sonata was written around the same time as the famous 2nd Piano Concerto, and demonstrates similarly achingly beautiful melodies with rich and characteristic harmonies.