Brahms Requiem, Mahler & Bruckner at St John's Smith Square, London on Saturday 28th April 2018

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Brahms Requiem, Mahler & Bruckner

Add to my Calendar 28-04-2018 19:30 28-04-2018 21:30 36 Brahms Requiem, Mahler & Bruckner One of London's leading chamber choirs brings a wealth of experience in the Bach Passions and the choral music of Heinrich Schütz to Ein Deutsches Requiem, key influences behind a Brahmsian sound world which is at once archaic and intensely Romantic. Roderick Williams OBE, internationally acclaimed as a Lieder singer, works his magic in breathing new life into a text in Mahler's first great song cycle, a searingly autobiographical portrait of lost love. In addition, Anton Bruckner Choir steps up to perform three intensely spiritual works by their 'in house' composer - fresh from the experience of singing the same Bruckner motets in the massive spaces of Lisbon's Jerónimos monastery. The spirit of Vienna will be present throughout with ghostly echoes of the Waltz and Ländler, the ominous tread of the Funeral March combining with the newly minted sounds of nature. "Conductor Christopher Dawe drew fine performances from his singers who tackled Bach’s athletic chorus writing with precision and tremendous energy, shading the chorales with great delicacy.  Bach’s Passions are great  music, but they are also communions, collective acts of faith.  Last night I left believing, which is exactly how it should be."   —  Alexandra Coghlan reviewing Anton Bruckner Choir’s performance of the St Matthew Passion for TheArtsDesk.com. St John's Smith Square, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Saturday 28th April 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Anton Bruckner – Locus iste, WAB 23
Anton Bruckner – Ave Maria, WAB 6
Anton Bruckner – Os justi, WAB 30
Gustav Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
~ Interval ~
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45

Performers

Christopher Dawe – Conductor
Roderick Williams – baritone
Elin Pritchard – soprano

Anton Bruckner Choir
London Mozart Players

Programme Note

One of London's leading chamber choirs brings a wealth of experience in the Bach Passions and the choral music of Heinrich Schütz to Ein Deutsches Requiem, key influences behind a Brahmsian sound world which is at once archaic and intensely Romantic.

Roderick Williams OBE, internationally acclaimed as a Lieder singer, works his magic in breathing new life into a text in Mahler's first great song cycle, a searingly autobiographical portrait of lost love.

In addition, Anton Bruckner Choir steps up to perform three intensely spiritual works by their 'in house' composer - fresh from the experience of singing the same Bruckner motets in the massive spaces of Lisbon's Jerónimos monastery.

The spirit of Vienna will be present throughout with ghostly echoes of the Waltz and Ländler, the ominous tread of the Funeral March combining with the newly minted sounds of nature.

"Conductor Christopher Dawe drew fine performances from his singers who tackled Bach’s athletic chorus writing with precision and tremendous energy, shading the chorales with great delicacy. Bach’s Passions are great music, but they are also communions, collective acts of faith. Last night I left believing, which is exactly how it should be." — Alexandra Coghlan reviewing Anton Bruckner Choir’s performance of the St Matthew Passion for TheArtsDesk.com.

This evening's programme promises to shed new light on a trio of Viennese masters that are rarely combined in the same concert.

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