Rachmaninoff Vespers
Friday, February 6, 2026 – 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
501 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC
Saturday, February 7, 2026 – 7:30 PM
Davidson College Presbyterian Church
100 N Main St, Davidson, NC
Step into the transcendent world of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, a spiritual and sonic landmark of the choral repertoire, performed by the Charlotte Master Chorale. Grounded in reverence, this meditative work envelops audiences in serene beauty and profound emotion, inviting listeners to connect more deeply with the human voice and spirit.
Charlotte Master Chorale Main Chorus
Kenney Potter, conductor
Free parking is available in First UMC’s parking garage located at 163 W. Ninth Street between Tryon and Church Streets and, for Davidson College Presbyterian, along the two main roads that intersect in front of the church (Main Street and Concord Road), in public lots behind the row of businesses on Main Street, further down Concord Road in lots on the Davidson College campus, by the public library; and on Lorimer Road.
Repertoire
RACHMANINOFF: Vespers
(sung in Church Slavonic)
1. Пріидите, поклонимся (Priidite, poklonimsya)
2. Благослови, душе моя, Господа (Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda)
3. Блаженъ мужъ (Blazhen muzh)
4. Свѣте тихій (Svete tikhiy)
5. Нынѣ отпущаеши (Nïne otpushchayeshi)
6. Богородице Дѣво (Bogoroditse Devo)
7. Слава въ вышнихъ Богу (Slava v vïshnikh Bogu)
8. Хвалите Имя Господне (Khvalite Imya Gospodne)
10. Воскресеніе Христово видѣвше (Voskreseniye Khristovo videvshe)
11. Величитъ душа моя Господа (Velichit dusha moya Gospoda)
13. Тропарь. Днесь спасеніе. (Tropar’. Dnes spaseniye.)
14. Тропарь. Воскресъ изъ гроба. (Tropar’. Voskres iz groba.)
15. Взбранной воеводѣ (Vzbrannoy voyevode)







