Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise" Sung by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

The first piece mentioned in this report that "[a]fter years of tense relations and painstaking theological dialogue, the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church are hoping music and art can create an atmosphere more conducive to their efforts to promote Christian unity" — Musical notes: Vatican, Russian Orthodox try new path toward harmony. "Metropolitan Hilarion sat near Pope Benedict XVI at the concert, which was performed as a gift to the pope from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow."