11 Mar 2018, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Chorus at Maida Vale: Brahms A German Requiem
BBC Symphony Chorus at Maida Vale: Brahms A German Requiem
The BBC Symphony Chorus performs Brahms’s A German Requiem at the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studios.
The BBC Symphony Chorus performs Brahms’s A German Requiem at the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studios.
Concert Information
The BBC Symphony Chorus and chorus director Neil Ferris present Brahms’s famed A German Requiem at the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studios. Performing the 1871 London version arranged by Brahms, two stunning soloists, Elizabeth Watts and Ashley Riches, are ed by star pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy for this moving work known for its drama and ion.
Preceding the Requiem are two beautiful works for unaccompanied chorus that compliment Brahms’s composition. William Harris sets a prayer by John Donne, while Gabriel Jackson’s Justorum animae uses the same text as the end of the Requiem’s second movement.