In this amateur video Louisiana All State Orchestra plays the Russian Easter Festival Overture (Svetliy prazdnik – also known as The Great Russian Easter Overture) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korkasow. The overture is written during the period August 1887 to April 1888, and is dedicated to the memories of Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin – two members of the legendary circle of composers, The Mighty Handful.
The tunes in the overture are largely from the Russian Orthodox liturgy, based on a collection of old Russian Orthodox liturgical chant called the Obikhod. The composer includes several biblical quotations in the score to guide the listener as to his intent.
