Brahms
Tragic Overture 14'
Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor 28'
interval
Brahms
A German Requiem 68'
Rachel Harnisch soprano
Henk Neven baritone
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Marin Alsop conductor
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's 1868 masterpiece in the context of his relationship with Robert Schumann and Schumann's widow, Clara.
Schumann's Fourth Symphony and Brahms's Tragic Overture act as preludes to a work of great seriousness and humanity.