S45·E6 – Omnibus at the Proms

All-Night Vigil by Rachmaninov. Cuban conductor Odaline de la Martinez introduces a rare and hauntingly beautiful work by a popular composer. Rachmaninov's setting of the liturgy for the Russian Orthodox Vigil Service, for unaccompanied voices, is performed by the USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir, conducted by Valery Polyansky.