Mykola Dyletsky. «Thy boundless compassion»

The concerts «God’s forebear David» (3 rd troparion of the 4 th Ode), «Thy boundless compassion» (1 st troparion of the 5 th Ode) and «We feast death’s slaughter» (2 nd troparion of the 7 th Ode) are dedicated to the Easter holiday, their lyrics rest on troparia of the Easter canon of Reverend John of Damascus in the version, common for the Kyiv Metropolitanate. The pieces are accepted as one cycle, since they are close by the subject, choral set (descant–descant–bass–bass, descant–descant–descant–bass) and musical material.

Similarly to the other Easter concerts, in the «Thy boundless compassion» Dyletsky resorts to colouristic effects, adapted to temple acoustics: multiple repetition of melodic phrases (e.g., «with joyful steps»), sometimes – on organ pedals («press forward to the light» – on a dominant, three-voice endless canon at the word «praising» – on a subdominant) slow down and enlarge the harmonic structure of the pieces, producing a monumental musical fresco of the bright holiday of Resurrection of Christ.

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