Rachmaninoff composed his Liturgiya svyatovo Ioanna Zlatousta (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom), Op.31 in 1910. The Liturgy is a 20-movement setting of the primary worship service of the Russian Orthodox Church, sung in the Old Church Slavonic by unaccompanied chorus. This arrangement was prepared in 2018, for the January 2019 UW-Whitewater Trombone Day. Otchye Nash is an antiphonal setting of the Lord’s Prayer. Parts 1-4 are soloists.
This work should be performed legato throughout.
Mike Allsen
January 2022
