How low can you go? David Hill analyses Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers) скачать в хорошем качестве

How low can you go? David Hill analyses Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

If you’re a bass, you hold a crucial role in any choir, no matter what the tenors might have told you. Some composers and styles focus more on the bass than others, though - one famous example is Rachmaninov whose All-Night Vigil (Vespers) gives the bass line a huge harmonic role and tests out his singers’ range by utilising notes as low as Bb. In this analysis of the piece (Rachmaninov’s favourite of his own works), David Hill looks at how Rachmaninov harnesses the power of this voice group, which is a technique that we see often in Russian Orthodox music. To hear The Bach Choir sing this work live in London, click here - https://thebachchoir.org.uk/concerts/...