Rachmaninoff's vocal-orchestral poem, composed in I913, is based on Konstantin Balmont's free translation of the famous poem by Edgar Рое. This is one of Rachmaninoff's major works; its four movements symbolize different stages of human life.

1. ('Listen! Hear the silver bells...')

2. ('Hear the mellow wedding bells...')

3. ('Hear them, hear the brazen bells...')

4. ('Hear the tolling of the bells')