Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem at St James's Church, London on Saturday 23rd March 2019

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Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

Add to my Calendar 23-03-2019 19:30 23-03-2019 21:30 36 Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Johannes Brahms was a great musical historian, collecting and editing music by many of his famous predecessors. In this concert, his monumental Ein Deutsches Requiem is preceded by a series of motets and songs by composers known to Brahms, which illuminated his influences in the composition of this masterful work.  St James's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St James's Church
197 Piccadilly
Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
England

Saturday 23rd March 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Heinrich Schütz – Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391
Johann Sebastian Bach – O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht (motet), BWV 118
Fanny Mendelssohn – Fünf Lieder, Op.10: selection
Clara Schumann – Liebst du um Schönheit, Op.12 no.2
Clara Schumann – Ich stand in dunklen Träumen, Op.13 no.1
Johannes Brahms – Geistliches Lied, Op.30
~ Interval ~
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45

Performers

Miriam Allan – soprano
Marcus Farnsworth – baritone
Libby Burgess – piano
William Vann – piano
Richard Bannan – Conductor

Petros Singers

Programme Note

Johannes Brahms was a great musical historian, collecting and editing music by many of his famous predecessors. In this concert, his monumental Ein Deutsches Requiem is preceded by a series of motets and songs by composers known to Brahms, which illuminated his influences in the composition of this masterful work.

Wikimedia Commons: ‘Uttewalder Grund’ by Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

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