RACHMANINOFF/LITURGY
Sunday, June 2, 2019 3pm • Church of the Covenant
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF, Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
Celebrant: Taras Leschishin
Deacon: Alexander Prokhorov
Experience a luminous masterwork of limitless invention based on echoes of ancient chant. Rachmaninoff doesn’t just set the words of the Liturgy, he brings the ritual radiantly to life. Hear the congregation intoning prayers, the surging procession of priests, the stamp of folksong, and the great, ringing peal of bells.
Artistic Director David Hodgkins leads what critics hailed as "Coro Allegro's stunning interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom," a work of “spiritually boundless reverence" and "harmonic ingenuity...profoundly transmitted through them to a deeply grateful audience.” (Boston Musical Intelligencer)
Sponsored by Steve Vorenberg and Kerry Marshall
Community Partner:
The LGBT Asylum Task Force
Coro Allegro is proud to announce that the LGBT Asylum Task Force has agreed to be our Community Partner for Sunday's concert. Please join us in supporting their work helping LGBTQ asylum seekers from places like Chechnya seek safety and build new lives.