The State Cappella under the direction of Valery Polyansky performs one of Rachmaninoff's most profound spiritual opuses - the liturgy for mixed choir a cappella. The dense, multi-voiced sound, ancient intonations, and the composer’s symphonic thinking transform the service into a living conversation about faith, memory, and inner silence. Silence gradually reigns in the hall, and the State Academic Symphony Chapel of Russia, led by Valery Polyansky, takes the stage. That evening, the choir turns to one of the main spiritual compositions of Sergei Rachmaninoff, written to the texts of Orthodox worship for mixed choir a cappella. From the very first measures, the listener finds themselves inside a dense sound fabric, where folk song motifs and ancient chants are intertwined with the composer’s expansive symphonic thinking. Each part of the service sounds like a separate chapter of a large internal conversation - about faith, doubts, hope, and gratitude. Soft harmonies are replaced by powerful choral outbursts, quiet prayerful intonations grow into a sound that is almost orchestral in its strength, while the music remains profoundly human and accessible. For the listeners, this is a meeting with the Russian spiritual tradition of the early 20th century and at the same time a very personal expression of the composer about his homeland and the language in which he thinks. The intonations, recognizable from romances and piano works, unexpectedly appear in choral texture, showing how organically the composer works with voices. The chapel choir, accustomed to large symphonic scores, acts in this work as a single living instrument, precisely balancing between the parts and maintaining clarity of the words. Thanks to this, even listeners who are not well acquainted with the liturgical text grasp the emotional relief and dramaturgy of the service. Entertainment in Moscow is gathered on our website.