The Angel Cried Out

Alexander Nikolsky (1873–1943) was a prominent member of the Moscow Synodal School faculty, who, like Chesnokov, went on to teach choral music at the Moscow Conservatory. His choral writing is vivid, harmonically colorful, and imbued with an energy  derived from the spirit of Russian folksong, quite appropriate for this joyful Paschal text. The chant melody used in this piece figures prominently as a lyric theme in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture. Drawn from the Orthodox Paschal Liturgy, this piece is suitable for use throughout Eastertide.
(Recorded by Archangel Voices on their CD, Panagia: Hymns to the Most Holy Mother of God, release date: November 2013)