Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

Aberdeen Bach Choir together with the Aberdeen Sinfonietta bring two beautiful works by Johannes Brahms to the Music Hall. Conductor and Musical Director, Dr Paul Tierney will lead the choir and orchestra in this performance sung in German accompanied by acclaimed soloists Baritone Gareth Brynmor John and Soprano Emma Morwood.

Schicksalslied (“Song of Fate”), Op. 54 (1868-1871), sometimes dubbed as the “Little Requiem”, a cantata for choir and orchestra based on a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin, will be performed in the first half.

The second half will be a performance of Ein Deutsches Requiem (“A German Requiem”), Op.45 (1865-1868), a profound seven-movement masterpiece for choir and orchestra. It was written by Brahms after the death of his mother but composed to be a piece of music that brought comfort, solace and hope to the living. It brought international acclaim to Brahms during his lifetime and is one of his best loved and most recognisable works.