''The Sealed Angel'' (Zapechatlennyi angel) is a Russian-language composition by

Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin ( rus, Родион Константинович Щедрин, , rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR State ...

in the form of liturgical music based on the story "

The Sealed Angel ''The Sealed Angel'' (russian: Запечатленный ангел) is a story by Nikolai Leskov, written in 1872 and first published in the No.1, January 1873 issue of ''The Russian Messenger''. The story concerns a group of Old Believers whose ...

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Nikolay Leskov Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в; – ) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique w ...

. The plot concerns a rural community which protects a religious icon that has been confiscated by officials and sealed with wax. The work is written for soprano, mezzo or alto, tenor, choir boy soloists, flute or oboe, and choir. ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture'' 1136787852 Smorodinskaya, - 2013- Page 556 "16 December 1932, Moscow Composer Shchedrin graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1955 and taught ... Zapechatlennyi angel (The Sealed Angel, 1988, from text by Nikolai Leskov) for mixed choir and reed pipe... The work has nine continuous movements. Performances typically last just under an hour.

Recordings

*State Academic Russian Choir & The Moscow Chamber Choir, Vladimir Minin; Melodiya *State Choir Latvija, Maris Sirmais; Wergo *Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge & The Choir of King's College London, Geoffrey Webber & David Trendell; Delphian *Soloists Berlin Radio Choir,

Stefan Parkman Stefan Parkman (born 22 June 1952, in Uppsala) is a Swedish conductor. He is a professor at Uppsala University, where he holds the Eric Ericson chair of choral conducting. From 2002 to 2005, Parkman was the head conductor of the Swedish Radio C ...

; Coviello * Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen; Self-published

References

Compositions by Rodion Shchedrin Choral compositions Music based on short fiction {{classical-composition-stub