Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Brahms: A German Requiem

To mark Armistice Day, Marin Alsop conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Brahms's A German Requiem.

Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London on Sunday 11th November.

To mark Armistice Day, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs Brahms’ German Requiem.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Samuel Hasselhorn, baritone
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Choir of the Enlightenment
Marin Alsop, conductor

Music written for the Requiem Mass was usually performed in Latin. But Brahms broke the mould with this colossal, German-language masterpiece, which treats death from a humanistic perspective.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 12 Nov 2018 19:30

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein deutsches Requiem, Op 45

    Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Singer: Samuel Hasselhorn. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan and Isolde - Final Scene

    Performer: Christof Keymer. Music Arranger: Moritz Moszkowski.
  • Rodion Shchedrin

    'Carmen' Suite - after Bizet

    Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Nov 2018 19:30

Featured in...