Rodion shchedrin the sealed angel

The Sealed Angel (Zapechatlennyi angel) The Sealed Angel (Zapechatlennyi angel) is a Russian-language composition by Rodion Shchedrin in the form of liturgical music based on the story "The Sealed Angel" by Nikolay Leskov. The plot concerns a rural community which protects a religious icon that has been confiscated by officials and sealed with wax.

Two of Britain's finest young choirs Shchedrin composed The Sealed Angel, also known as ‘Russian Liturgy,’ in , in commemoration of the millennium of the Christianization of Russia. It received its premier that same year, and was awarded the Russian State Prize in by President Boris Yeltsin.

Album · Rodion Shchedrin · The State Choir Latvija performing Rodion Shchedrins liturgical work "The Sealed Angel" at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Kloster Eberbach, Germany. more.

Sealed AngelSealed Angel S$68.00. The Sealed Angel, Shchedrin’s monumental choral work - over an hour long - is rooted in the tradition of the large scale liturgical compositions by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, and, like them, is closely related to the "Znamennyj raspev", the traditional chant of the Russian Orthodox church.

The State Choir Latvija The reformers were destroying the Icons so dear to the Russians' souls: The Sealed Angel was one such Icon. Her spirit can be heard crying out in Shchedrin's masterpiece as she is stolen, nearly destroyed, rescued by the peasants who cherish her and finally restored.

The allegorical resonances of the

Leskov’s wondrous lexis with its incomparably colourful intonation inspired Rodion Shchedrin to compose a Sealed Angel of his own ().

Two of Britain's finest young Two of Britain’s finest young choirs join forces to give voice to the sublime expressiveness of Rodion Shchedrin’s ‘Russian liturgy’, an astonishing statement of faith composed in the early days of perestroika.

Shchedrin, Rodion. The Sealed Angel. (Rodion Shchedrin)With his Russian Liturgy, "The Sealed Angel", Rodion Shchedrin has written a work of inner contemplation of timeless relevance, which will deeply move every listener who approaches the piece with an open recording of the concert on 17 July during the Rheingau Musik Festival in the great basilica of the Eberbach.