Rachmaninoff ’S Music For The All-Night Vigil Service ╩ Long Known Inaccurately As His ‚Vespers’ ╩ Is A Masterpiece In Its Own Right. It Draws On Centuries-Old Orthodox Chant And The Performance Tradition Of Russian Folk Music, And Embodies The Ideal Of Russian Church Music Championed By A Group Of Moscow Musicians Of The Time. In This All-Night Vigil The Great Composer-Pianist-Conductor Has Allied His Own Imagination, Skill And Experience With The Expertise Built Up At The Synodal School Of Chu