Violins and Starships

A Solemn Favorite

September 10th, 2010

The Music is the third movement of Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil, often known as Vespers in the U.S. The paintings are by Russian painter Isaak Levitan. The description of this video includes the text and translation and the titles of the paintings.

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2 Responses to “A Solemn Favorite”

  1. Jaquandor
    September 15th, 2010 - 4:21 pm

    I keep forgetting to comment on this! “Vespers” is such a gorgeous work. Rachmaninov gets pigeonholed as a somewhat anachronistic Russian romantic, but his music has so much more depth than it is often credited with.

  2. Lynn
    September 16th, 2010 - 8:31 am

    I “fondly” recall many lengthy message board flame wars on that very topic.

    (That was a sarcastic “fondly,” in case you couldn’t tell.)

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