Programme and performers
Programme and performers
Sergei Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
Interspersed with:
Trad/Abel Selaocoe Music of African twilight
Abel Selaocoe cello
Sofi Jeannin conductor
BBC Singers
Translations
Priidite, poklonimsya
Amin.
Priidite, poklonimsya Tsarevi nashemu Bogu.
Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem
Khristu Tsarevi nashemu Bogu.
Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem
Samomu Khristu Tsarevi i Bogu nashemu.
Priidite, poklonimsya i pripadem Yemu.
Come, let us worship
Amen.
Come, let us worship God, our King.
Come, let us worship and kneel
before Christ, our King and our God.
Come, let us worship and kneel
before Christ himself, our King and our God.
Come, let us worship and kneel before Him.
Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi
Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi:
Nauchi mya opravdaniyem Tvoyim.
Angelskiy sobor udivisya,
Zrya Tebe v mertvykh vmenivshasya.
Smertnuyu zhe, Spase, krepost razorivsha,
I s soboyu Adama vozdvigsha,
I ot ada vsya svobozhdsha.
Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi:
Nauchi mya opravdaniyem Tvoyim.
‘Pochto mira s milostivnimi slezami,
O uchenitsi, rastvoryayete?,
Blistayaisya vo grobe Angel,
Mironositsam veshchashe:
‘Vidite vi grob i urazumeite,
Spas bo voskrese ot groba’.
Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi:
Nauchi mya opravdaniyem Tvoyim.
Zelo rano mironositsi techakhu
Ko grobu Tvoyemu ridayushchiya,
No predsta k nim Angel i reche:
‘Ridaniya vremya presta, ne plachite,
Voskreseniye zhe Apostolom rtsite.’
Blagosloven yesi Gospodi:
Nauchi mya opravdaniyem Tvoyim.
Mironositsi zheni s miri prishedshiya
Ko grobu Tvoyemu, Spase, ridakhu,
Angel zhe k nim reche, glagolya:
‘Chto s mertvymi zhivago pomyshlyayete?
Yako Bog bo voskrese ot groba.’
Slava Otsu, i Sinu, i Svyatomu Dukhu.
Poklonimsya Otsu, i Yego Sinove,
I Svyatomu Dukhu, Svyatei Troitse
Vo edinom sushchestve,
S serafimi zovushche:
Svyat, svyat, svyat, Yesi Gospodi.
I nine, i prisno, i vo veki vekov. Amin.
Zhiznodavtsa rozhdshi, grekha, Devo,
Adama izbavila yesi,
Radost zhe Yeve v pechali mesto podala yesi:
Padshiya zhe ot zhizni, k sei napravi,
Iz Tebe voplotivyisya Bog i chelovek.
Alliluiya, alliluiya, alliluiya,
Slava Tebe, Bozhe.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord
Blessed art Thou, O Lord:
teach me Thy statutes.
The angelic host was amazed
to behold Thee among the dead.
Thou hast destroyed the power of death, O Saviour,
and raised Adam up with Thyself,
and freed all men from hell.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord:
teach me Thy statutes.
‘Why do you mingle tears of pity with myrrh,
ye women disciples?’
cried the radiant angel at the tomb
to the women bearing myrrh:
‘Behold the tomb and understand
that the Saviour has risen from the grave.’
Blessed art Thou, O Lord:
teach me Thy statutes.
Early in the morning the myrrh-bearers
hastened weeping to the tomb,
but the angel appeared before them, saying:
‘The time for sorrow has ceased; weep not,
but announce the Resurrection to the Apostles.’
Blessed art Thou, O Lord:
teach me Thy statutes.
As the sorrowing myrrh-bearers
approached Thy tomb, O Saviour,
the angel spoke to them, saying:
‘Why do you seek the living among the dead?
For as God He has risen from the grave.’
Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
We worship the Father together with His Son
and the Holy Ghost, the Holy Trinity,
one in essence,
and with the Seraphim we cry:
Holy, holy, holy art Thou, O Lord!
Now and for ever, world without end. Amen.
O virgin, by bearing the giver of life
Thou hast delivered Adam from sin
and given Eve joy in place of sorrow.
He who was born of Thee, God and Man,
has raised up those who had fallen from life.
Hlleluja, halleluja, halleluja,
glory be to Thee, O God.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932–2017)
Transliteration and translation © Andrew Huth
Artist biographies
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and performs across a plethora of styles, ranging from collaborations with world musicians and beatboxers to concertos and solo recitals. He combines virtuoso performance with improvisation, singing and body percussion, and devises programmes highlighting links between Western and non-Western traditions.
He is Artistic Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Artist in Association with the BBC Singers and Artist in Residence at London’s Southbank Centre. His debut album, Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae), was released last September. Tour performances this season include the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Lucerne Festival, Berlin Philharmonie, Cologne Philharmonie and deSingel in Antwerp.
He enjoys close collaborations with musicians including percussionists Bernhard Schimpelsberger and Famoudou Don Moye, saxophonist Tim Garland, kora player Seckou Keita, cellist Giovanni Sollima, multi-instrumentalist Dudu Kouaté and pianist Gwilym Simcock. In 2016 he founded Chesaba, a trio specialising in music from the African continent. He has a close partnership with Manchester Collective, with which he devised Sirocco, a live and online celebration of folk traditions from around the world, and The Oracle, consisting of original compositions alongside music by Vivaldi, Stravinsky and Mica Levi.
