"Bogoroditse Devo" by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) is, very possibly, the most popular and widely performed piece of Russian Orthodox sacred music. Its graceful simplicity and pious reverence, which build to a mighty exclamation on the word "raduysia" (Rejoice!), move and stir the soul and spirit in way that few other pieces of sacred choral music are capable of doing.
