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The [[tchaikovsky:All-Night Vigil|All Night Vigil]] (Всенощное бдение), Op. 52, also known as the '''''Vesper Service''''', was written between May 1881 and March 1882. Tchaikovsky described it as "An essay in harmonisation of liturgical chants".
The [[tchaikovsky:All-Night Vigil|All Night Vigil]] (Всенощное бдение), Op. 52, also known as the '''''Vesper Service''''', was written between May 1881 and March 1882. Tchaikovsky described it as "An essay in harmonisation of liturgical chants".


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==== Movements and Duration ====
  | Introductory Psalm: Bless My Soul, O Lord
There are seventeen numbers, intended to be sung at specific points during the service.
  | Kathisma: Blessed is the Man
# Introductory Psalm: "Bless My Soul, O Lord" (Предначинательный псалом: «Благослови душе моя»)
  | Lord, I Call to Thee
# "Lord Have Mercy" and other brief responses («Господи, помилуй» и другие краткие молитвословия)
  | Gladsome Light
# Kathisma: "Blessed is the Man"' (Кафисма: «Блажен муж»)
  | Rejoice, O Virgin
# "Lord, I Call to Thee" («Господи, воззвах к Тебе»)
  | The Lord is God
# "Gladsome Light" («Свете тихий»)
  | Polyeleion: Praise the Name of the Lord
# "Rejoice, O Virgin" («Богородице, Дево, радуйся»)
  | Troparia: Blessed Art Thou, Lord
# "The Lord is God" («Бог Господь»)
  | Gradual Antiphon: From My Youth
# Polyeleion: "Praise the Name of the Lord" (Полиелей: «Хвалите имя Господне»)
  | Hymns after the Gospel Reading: Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ
# Troparia: "Blessed Art Thou, Lord" (Тропари: «Благословен еси Господи»)
  | Common Katabasis: I Shall Open My Lips
# Gradual Antiphon: "From My Youth" (Степенна «От юности моея»)
  | Canticle of the Mother of God : Holy is the Lord Our God
# Hymns after the Gospel Reading: "Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ" (Песнопения по Евангелии: «Воскресение Христово видевше»)
  | Theotokion: Both Now and Forever
# Common Katabasis: "I Shall Open My Lips" (Катавасия рядовая: «Отверзну уста моя»)
  | Great Doxology: Glory to God in the Highest
# Canticle of the Mother of God (Песнь Богоматери с припевом)
  | To Thee the Glorious Leader
# "Holy is the Lord Our God" («Свят Господь Бог наш»)
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# Theotokion: "Both Now and Forever" (Богородичен «И ныне и присно»)
# Great Doxology: "Glory to God in the Highest" (Великое славословие: «Слава в вышних Богу»)
# "To Thee the Glorious Leader" («Взбранной Воеводе победительная»)
A complete concert performance lasts around 45 minutes.
 
==== Text ====
Tchaikovsky adapted the text from the Russian Orthodox Liturgy service. Several of the numbers are based on the text of Biblical psalms:
* No. 1 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 103}}.
* No. 3 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 150}}.
* No. 4 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 140}}.
* No. 7 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 117}}.
* No. 8 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 134}} and {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 135}}.
* No. 9 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 148}}.
* No. 10 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 119}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 120}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 121}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 122}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 123}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 124}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 125}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 126}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 127}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 128}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 129}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 130}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 131}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 132}}.
* No. 11 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 148}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 149}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 150}} and {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 140}}.


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