Not having posted for a while, again, I think of music as a way to reenter. Tonight I began thinking of Rachmaninoff, and the beautiful all night vigil, better known as the Vespers. Here’s a fine performance of the Hail Mary from that piece, perhaps everyone’s favorite. It’s short, and it doesn’t reveal all the many virtues of the long choral liturgy of which it is a part. But it’s tonally and melodically spectacular. I can’t identify the performance. You can find it at YouTube.

One of the nice things about YouTube these days is that at the end of a given selection one finds links to other listening. You can likely find some other performances of this piece by following links at the end of this one, if you’re interested.