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Obikhod
for four male voices and string orchestra
auf altslawische liturgische Texte
1 countertenor, 2 tenors, 1 bass and string orchestra (when performed in chorus version: 4 altos [or 2 altos and 2 countertenors], 4 tenors I, 4 tenors II, 4 basses)
Product number: BEL 662
Edition: Study score
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Description
Obikhod is the name for the collection of all liturgical chants of the Russian Orthodox Church. The chants are based on specific melodic phrases or modes, the so-called Octoechos. Since the Middle Age, they have formed the tonal system of the Old Russian liturgical chant, the Obikhod scale or mode being its basis. This mode I have been using several times in my works, as well as in this score.
As is well known, Russian church music is by nature vocal. The four voices in “Obikhod” create the typical sound of a Russian church choir with its most important features – a) the ‘psalmodiya’ on one tone and b) the so-called ‘raspev’, i.e. the melodic phrases according to the system of the Octoecho.
The string orchestra simulates church acoustics – with its typical echo effects and sounds of imaginary Russian church bells. Bells are the only instrument authorized in Russian Orthodox worship.
The work consists of 5 parts and is sung in Old Church Slavonic language. The texts are taken from the Orthodox funeral mass, which is why one could speak of a ‘chamber requiem’. (Alexander Raskatov)
Orchestral Cast
Handgl. (gespielt vom Dirigenten) - Str. (6 · 4 · 4 · 3 · 2)
Content
I "Kaya zhiteyskaya sladost'..."
II "Svyatykh lik obrete istochnik..."
III "Nyne... opushchayeshi..."
IV "Blazheny nishchiye dukhom..."
V "Vechnaya pamyat'..."
Raskatov on "Obikhod"
II "Svyatykh lik obrete istochnik..."
III "Nyne... opushchayeshi..."
IV "Blazheny nishchiye dukhom..."
V "Vechnaya pamyat'..."
Raskatov on "Obikhod"
More Information
Title:
Obikhod
for four male voices and string orchestra
auf altslawische liturgische Texte
Edition:
Study score
Level of difficulty:
advanced
Publisher/Label:
Belaieff Musikverlag
Year of composition:
2003
Duration:
27 ′
World Premiere:
November 20, 2003 · Stuttgart (D)
Conductor: Denis Russel Davis
Conductor: Denis Russel Davis
Commissioned work :
Auftragswerk des Hilliard-Ensemble und des Stuttgarter Kammerorchesters
Title:
Obikhod
for four male voices and string orchestra
auf altslawische liturgische Texte
Language:
Old Slavonic
Edition:
Study score
Level of difficulty:
advanced
Publisher/Label:
Belaieff Musikverlag
Year of composition:
2003
Duration:
27 ′
World Premiere:
November 20, 2003 · Stuttgart (D)
Conductor: Denis Russel Davis
Conductor: Denis Russel Davis
Commissioned work :
Auftragswerk des Hilliard-Ensemble und des Stuttgarter Kammerorchesters
Title:
Obikhod
for four male voices and string orchestra
auf altslawische liturgische Texte
Language:
Old Slavonic
Edition:
Study score
Level of difficulty:
advanced
Publisher/Label:
Belaieff Musikverlag
Year of composition:
2003
Duration:
27 ′
World Premiere:
November 20, 2003 · Stuttgart (D)
Conductor: Denis Russel Davis
Conductor: Denis Russel Davis
Commissioned work :
Auftragswerk des Hilliard-Ensemble und des Stuttgarter Kammerorchesters
Technical Details
Product number:
BEL 662
ISMN13:
979-0-2030-0554-4
Product number:
BEL 662
ISMN13:
979-0-2030-0554-4
Weight:
0,44 kg
Pages:
116
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
Product number:
BEL 662 Q46175
ISMN13:
979-0-2030-0554-4
Pages:
115
File format:
(PDF / 7,95 MB)
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
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