Einojuhani Rautavaara: Vigilia ( part 2 )

Croatian Radio Television Choir

Conductor - Tonci Bilic

Soloists

Jyrki Korhonen, bass

Ivana Kladarin, sopran

Martina Gojčeta-Silić, mezzo soprano

Stjepan Franetović, tenor

Miroslav Živković, bariton

Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia march 2008

Vigilia (All-Night Vigil [Vigil Commemorating St John the Baptist])
Composed: 1971-1972/1996
mixed choir with soloists
Text: Orthodox Vigil (in Finnish and English)
Duration: 60' + 52' (concert version 1988 45')
Commissioned by the Helsinki Festival and the Orthodox Church in Finland
Fp (Part I): Klemetti Institute Chamber Choir, cond. Harald Andersén, Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, August 28, 1971
Fp (Part II): Klemetti Institute Chamber Choir, cond. Harald Andersén, Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, September 9, 1972
Fp (concert version): Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, cond Timo Nuoranne, Helsinki, October 14, 1997
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music Finland

http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe2?readform&rautavaara

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[don142856]

Korhonen has a profondo with power and resonance rare to find. Low notes were thrilling. Good choir.

[motpasse]

gooseflesh...