The choir is returning to the glorious Christ Church, St Leonards for an evening of sumptuous music in a sumptuous setting! Brahms’s magnificent Requiem is a masterpiece for choir and orchestra; a groundbreaking ‘Mass for the Living’ as it is sometimes known. The choir sings in German and a translation can be read in the concert programme.
There will be a full romantic orchestra for this piece and another lesser known Brahms piece, ‘Gesang der Parzen’ with text taken from Goethe’s Iphigenie auf Tauris. This is a little gem, a mini-symphony with similarities to the Brahms’ 3rd Symphony.
Sibelius’s Op 47 violin concerto reaches tumultuous heights; here the soloist’s first note—delicately dissonant and off the beat— could not be more beautiful!
The choir welcomes Aysen Ulucan again to perform this concerto with her trademark virtuosity.
Tickets cost £18 (£15 concs) or £3 for children under 17yrs.
You can reserve tickets by calling the Box Office on 01424 552119 or online, subject to £1.80 booking fee, at http://www.wegottickets.