“Orthodox Vigil Service” (John Tavener): Christ Church Oxford 1986 (Francis Grier)

Описание: Commercial audio cassette issued in 1986 on the Ikon label (CIKOT 16/17) but originally produced for broadcast on BBC radio. Tavener’s “Orthodox Vigil Service” was written between 1983 and 1984 as a commission from Francis Grier with funds from the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, the intention being to promote relations between the Anglican and Orthodox churches.

VESPERS:
1. Initial blessing
2. Christ is risen from the dead*
3. Psalm of Introduction (Psalm 104)
4. Litany of Peace
5. Lord, I have cried unto thee
6. Exclamation: “O gentle light”**
7. Prokeimenon, tone 6: “The Lord is king”
8. Vouchsafe, O Lord
9. Litany
10. Aposticha
11. The Song of Simeon
12. Holy God
13. The Lord’s Prayer
14. Rejoice, O virgin mother of God°
15. Blessed be the name of the Lord
16. The Blessing
17. Christ is risen from the dead*

MATTINS:
1. Psalms 38 and 103
2. The Lord is God
3. When the Jews had sealed down the stone
4. Polyeleos: “Praise ye the name of the Lord”
5. Prokeimenon, tone 1: “Now I will arise”
6. For holy art Thou
7. Let everything that hath breath
8. The Holy Gospel according to St John
9. We have seen the resurrection of Christ
10. Psalm 51
11. Litany of the Saints
12. Through the mercies and bounties
13. Amen
14. The Magnificat°°
15. Lauds
16. Glory to Thee who hast shewed us the light
17. Great Doxology**
18. Concluding Litany: Christ is risen
19. Final blessing

sung three times
** sung in Greek
° sung in Slavonic, repeated in Greek and English
°° with refrain in Slavonic, Greek and English