In the Flesh Thou Didst Fall Asleep

One of the few known choral works by Glazunov, “In the Flesh Thou Didst Fall Asleep” is the Exaposteilarion (or Hymn of Light), sung at the end of the Paschal Kanon at the Orthodox Matins of Easter. For his setting Glazunov used a well-known melody of Russian “Greek” Chant, drawn from the traditional unison chant book of the Russian Orthodox Church. In his simple arrangement Glazunov shows himself to be a master of counterpoint, in the tradition of Rimsky-Korsakov and Taneyev.