2 Extracts from the Vigil
Avuksihuutopsalmi (Psalm of Invocation)
Ehtoohymni (Evening Hymn)
Two songs from Rautavaara's large work All-Night Vigil
All-Night Vigil stems from Einojuhani Rautavaara's vision-including childhood visit to the island monastery of Valamo in the middle of Lake Ladoga.
Later Rautavaara was commissioned to set the orthodox divine service, or All-Night Vigil.
No instruments are used in divine services in the Orthodox Church, and because of this the composer wanted to use the choir in as varied a way as possible.
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