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VisitUniversity Choir, Symphony Orchestra and the 24 join forces in the historic setting of York Minster for Brahms’ A German Requiem, conducted by Robert Hollingworth.
The presence of Bach is strong in this German Romantic programme. Although the choice of German texts for Brahms’ A German Requiem was unusual, the writing is steeped in counterpoint from the previous century. As children, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn both attended Berlin’s Singverein where they were deeply immersed in the music of Bach. Fanny’s prelude to Lobgesang echoes Bach’s Christmas Oratorio while brother Felix’s rarely heard but wonderfully tuneful cantata ‘When Israel came out of Egypt’ is wildly descriptive in the parting of the sea. The almost eighteenth-century classicism of Rheinberger’s and Mendelssohn’s sacred music looks back similarly, although its rich aural sheen betrays its deep Romanticism.
Programme of works:
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Prelude to Lobgesang
Josef Rheinberger Kyrie from Mass in E-flat
Josef Rheinberger Abendlied
Mendelssohn Warum toben die Heiden
Mendelssohn Da Israel aus Ägypten zog
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Soloists:
Eleonore Cockerham soprano
George Clark baritone
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