A GERMAN REQUIEM
A GERMAN REQUIEM
Sunday 29th September, 7.30pm, Hall One
In 1857, encouraged by his mentor Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms began work on his choral masterpiece‘ A German Requiem’. Schumann hoped Brahms would deliver“ wonderful glimpses of the spirit world”, and he wasn’ t disappointed. What Brahms created was a Requiem unlike any other: a piece that carried the gift of spiritual comfort rather than the threat of impending judgment, conveying the weight of Germany’ s cultural tradition in the process – a poignant opening to Thomas Zehetmair’ s final season as Music Director.
Brahms A German Requiem
Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair
Soprano: Elizabeth Atherton
Northern Sinfonia
Northern Sinfonia Chorus
With a pre-concert talk and postconcert‘ Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’
Buses from Alnwick, Hexham and Carlisle. Tickets: £ 10- £ 33
Sponsored by
Thomas Zehetmair
Founding Patron
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