Lower Windrush Choral Society: Summer Concert at High Street Methodist Church, Witney on Saturday 10th June 2023

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Lower Windrush Choral Society

Summer Concert

Add to my Calendar 10-06-2023 18:00 10-06-2023 20:00 36 Lower Windrush Choral Society Lower Windrush Choral Society will be performing the 'London Version' of the German Requiem, which is scored for two pianos, rather than for orchestral accompaniment.   Brahms (a virtuoso pianist) wrote the piano accompaniment himself, and the London Version was first performed in this country in 1871.   Unlike most Requiems, which offer prayers for the souls of the dead, the text of this work focuses on comforting those who mourn. High Street Methodist Church, Witney DD/MM/YYYY

Details

High Street Methodist Church
High Street
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 6HG
England

Saturday 10th June 2023
6:00 PM

Programme

Johannes Brahms – A German Requiem, Op.45

Performers

Terry McNamara – Conductor
Benedict Wilson – Piano
James Winkley – Piano
Rachel Speirs – soprano
Quentin Hayes – baritone

Lower Windrush Choral Society

Programme Note

Lower Windrush Choral Society will be performing the 'London Version' of the German Requiem, which is scored for two pianos, rather than for orchestral accompaniment.

Brahms (a virtuoso pianist) wrote the piano accompaniment himself, and the London Version was first performed in this country in 1871.

Unlike most Requiems, which offer prayers for the souls of the dead, the text of this work focuses on comforting those who mourn.

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