The All-Night Vigil for choir (Russian: Всенощное бдение для хора, Vsyenoshchnoye bdyeniye dlya khora) is an a cappella choral composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Op. 52, written from 1881 to 1882. It consists of settings of texts taken from the Russian Orthodox all-night vigil ceremony.
Librettist | Orthodox liturgy |
Date of composition | 1882 (1881-1882) |
Premiered | 1883, July 9th in Moscow, Russia |
First published | 1882 in Moscow, Russia |
Type | Religious work |
Catalogue | Op. 52 |
Approx. duration | 45 minutes |
Spoken language | Slavon |
Instruments | Chorus/Choir - Mixed Chorus ; |
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Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: All-Night Vigil, Op. 52 Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij: All-Night Vigil, Op. 52 Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski: All-Night Vigil, Op. 52 |