Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Uspenie - Kokoöinen Vigilia – The All-Night Vigil (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Ruottinen composed his music for the Uspenie over a long period extending from 1984 to 2019, and some of the earlier movements have previously been performed and recorded. He completed the the first version of the full vigil for the 150th anniversary of Helsinki’s Uspenski Cathedral in 2018, when much of it was sung by the Cathedral choir conducted by Varvara Merras-Häyrynen.

The All-Night Vigil is one of the cornerstones of music of the Orthodox Church, and sections of it have been given artistic expression by composers from Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff onwards, in Finland also Einojuhani Rautavaara. Settings of the full vigil are, however, rare. That by Ruottinen may be described as a through-composed entity designed for use in Finnish worship, its technical demands compatible with its singers’ skills.

Matured over a period of four decades, it comprises movements in very different styles yet still within keeping of the various Orthodox music traditions.

TRACKLIST

1. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – Alkupsalmi (Psalm 104, Bless the Lord, O my soul)
2. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – 3. avuksihuutostikiira (3rd Sticheron at Lord, I Call)
3. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – Dogmistikiira (Sticheron Dogmatikon)
4. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – Ehtooveisu (O Gladsome Light)
5. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – 1. parimia (1st Reading, from Genesis 28: 10–17)
6. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – 4. litaniastikiira (4th Sticheron at the Lity)
7. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – 1. virrelmästikiira (1st Sticheron at the Aposticha)
8. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: I EHTOOPALVELUS - VESPERS – Tropari: Oi Jumalansynnyttäjä (Apolytikion, In Giving Birth, O Theotokos)
9. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – 3. troparivariaatio: Jumala on Herra (God is the Lord, 3rd variation)
10. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – 4. troparivariaatio: Jumala on Herra (God is the Lord, 4th variation)
11. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Tropari: Oi Jumalansynnyttäjä (Apolytikion, In Giving Birth, O Theotokos)
12. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Polyeleopsalmi (Polyeleos, Praise the Name of the Lord)
13. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Pieni ylistysveisu (Megalynarion, We Magnify Thee)
14. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: Monet himot (From My Youth)
15. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Prokimeni (Prokeimenon, Psalm 45: 18)
16. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Stikiira evankeliumin jälkeen (Sticheron after the Gospel)
17. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Kontakki (Kontakion, Neither the Tomb Nor Death Had Power)
18. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Iikossi (Oikos, Set a Rampart about my Mind)
19. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Aamuruskolaulu (Exapostilarion, O Apostles)
20. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: II AAMUPALVELUS - MATINS – Kiitosstikiiroiden doksastikon (Doxastikon at the Praises)
21. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: Suuri ylistysveisu (Great Doxology) – I Enkelten hymni (Angelic Hymn)
22. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: Suuri ylistysveisu (Great Doxology) – II Valikoidut jakeet Psalmien kirjasta (Selected Verses from the Psalter)
23. Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir - Ruottinen: Suuri ylistysveisu (Great Doxology) – III Trishagion



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