Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

7:30pm, Sat, 19 Oct 2024

  • Event Details
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  • Type of event: Concert
    Start time: 7:30pm
    Venue: Holy Trinity Church
    162 High Street
    Guildford
    Surrey
    GU1 3HW
    Description: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
    Though the final, seven-movement version of Ein Deutsches Requiem was premiered in Leipzig on 18 February 1869, Brahms subsequently prepared an alternative version to be performed with piano duet accompaniment. This alternative version was used, sung in English, for the first complete British performance of the Requiem on 10 July 1871 and has, thus, become known as the "London Version" (German: Londoner Fassung).  The lighter accompaniment makes it an ideal version to be sung by a chamber choir.  Our performance will be in German as befits A German Requiem.