Not long after composing my Cherubic Hymn in 2024, I wrote this Ectenia for the beginning of Liturgy (or Vespers/Matins). A couple goals I had were to have a scalar pattern in the bass and a V7 subs6 chord (a seventh chord built on the fifth scale degree with a sixth above this scale degree added in and voiced above the seventh of the chord).
This composition has been approved for Liturgical use by a board member of the ROC’s Synodal Liturgical Music Commission.
Audio:
Click above to listen to the demo (English)
Click above to listen to the demo (Slavonic)
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