成人论坛

Sacred but non-liturgical, A German Requiem is one of the most powerful works for choir and orchestra. Twenty-one years after Sir Roger Norrington directed the first British performance on period instruments, American conductor Marin Alsop, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and an 80-strong chorus explore Brahms鈥檚 1868 masterpiece in the context of his relationship with Robert Schumann and Schumann鈥檚 widow, Clara. Schumann鈥檚 Fourth Symphony and Brahms鈥檚 Tragic Overture act as preludes to a work of great seriousness