Dundee Choral Union: Brahms' Requiem at Caird Hall, Dundee on Sunday 16th March 2025

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Dundee Choral Union: Brahms' Requiem

Add to my Calendar 16-03-2025 19:30 16-03-2025 21:30 36 Dundee Choral Union: Brahms' Requiem Dundee Choral Union returns for its Spring Concert with a major work of choral classic, Johannes Brahms’ Requiem. In what was widely believed to be a personal response to the death of his mother, Brahms did not set the traditional Latin Requiem Mass, but instead chose his texts from the Bible and the Apocrypha, setting them in his own language. Accordingly we will perform the work in an English translation by Michael Pilkington, with soloists Sarah Power (soprano) and Phil Gault (baritone). Brahms made his own version of the orchestral accompaniment for piano duet. It is this version, in an expanded arrangement for two pianos played by Valerie Maynes and Morley Whitehead, which we will perform. Dundee Choral Union was founded in 1858 to contribute to the cultural life of Dundee through music. Come join us for a night of intimacy and grandeur, on a journey of sorrow, meditation, hope, and ultimate peace. Caird Hall, Dundee DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Caird Hall
City Square
Dundee
DD1 3BB
Scotland

Sunday 16th March 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Johannes Brahms – A German Requiem, Op.45

Performers

Derek Clark – Conductor
Sarah Power – soprano
Phil Gault – baritone
Valerie Maynes – piano
Morley Whitehead – piano
Thomas Lowe – timpani

Dundee Choral Union

Programme Note

Dundee Choral Union returns for its Spring Concert with a major work of choral classic, Johannes Brahms’ Requiem.

In what was widely believed to be a personal response to the death of his mother, Brahms did not set the traditional Latin Requiem Mass, but instead chose his texts from the Bible and the Apocrypha, setting them in his own language. Accordingly we will perform the work in an English translation by Michael Pilkington, with soloists Sarah Power (soprano) and Phil Gault (baritone). Brahms made his own version of the orchestral accompaniment for piano duet. It is this version, in an expanded arrangement for two pianos played by Valerie Maynes and Morley Whitehead, which we will perform.

Dundee Choral Union was founded in 1858 to contribute to the cultural life of Dundee through music. Come join us for a night of intimacy and grandeur, on a journey of sorrow, meditation, hope, and ultimate peace.

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