Next Concert

Brahms' Requiem:  Chamber version with 2 pianists
Sunday 28th March at 7.30pm
Oxford University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
The City of Oxford Choir with
Lisa Wilson: soprano
Rodney Clarke: baritone

Brahms wrote his German Requiem while still touched by grief following the death of his mother. It speaks of consolation and reassurance. Ignoring prescribed liturgical texts, Brahms makes his own selection: "A requiem for the whole of humanity".

Presented in the composer's own carefully prepared arrangement for two pianists, this well-loved work gains a new character: less austere and grand; more intimate and hauntingly moving.

The performance will last around 70 minutes; there will be no interval.