Last evening I went to hear the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in concert.
The program was Rachmaninoff's setting of what are termed the All-Night Vigils, a set of Russian Orthodox chants.
It is rare to hear this music under any circumstances,
as it requires a large choir with bassos who can hit really low notes.

The concert was very well received, with warm applause.
The set of All-Night Vigils was long, but in a way I didn't want it to end,
so transporting was the experience.

It helped that they provided supertitles on a screen for those of us
who don't understand Old Church Slavonic texts.

Mudcat has numerous threads about classical music in one way or another,
but I don't think there is one about
the joys of attending a live performance of classical music.