Blagoslovi_duse_moya_gospoda -

"" (Old Church Slavonic for " Bless the Lord, O my soul ") is a central text in the Eastern Orthodox liturgy, primarily known as the Second Movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil (Op. 37). Musical and Liturgical Context

: This movement serves as the introduction to the Vespers portion of the service. It is a musical setting of Psalm 103 (or 102 in the Septuagint numbering). blagoslovi_duse_moya_gospoda

: The text also appears as the "First Antiphon" in Rachmaninoff's earlier Liturgy (Op. 31), though that version is generally simpler than the version in the Vigil [ 0.5.12 ]. "" (Old Church Slavonic for " Bless the