London Philharmonic Orchestra: A German Requiem

Marc-André Dalbavie Work for baritone and orchestra (UK premiere)
Brahms A German Requiem

Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Sarah Tynan soprano
Matthias Goerne baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra


In 1857, encouraged by his mentor Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms began work on his choral masterpiece A German Requiem. Schumann hoped Brahms would deliver ‘wonderful glimpses of the spirit world’, and he wasn’t disappointed. What Brahms created was a Requiem unlike any other: a piece that carried the gift of spiritual comfort rather than the threat of impending judgment, conveying the weight of Germany’s cultural tradition in the process. Christoph Eschenbach conducts Brahms’s A German Requiem here, after the UK premiere of a work written expressly for the German baritone Matthias Goerne by the master of orchestral colour, French composer Marc-André Dalbavie.

Please note there will be no interval during this performance.