Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

Event has already taken place. Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach conductor, Sofie Asplund soprano, Peter Mattei barytone, Göteborgs Symfoniska Kör

Concert length: 1 h 30 min no intermission Scene: Stora salen

330-490 SEK Student 165-245 SEK

Friday 18 October 2019 18.00 — Event has already taken place

Recorded for GSOplay
Saturday 19 October 2019 15.00 — Event has already taken place

Recorded for GSOplay

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In his emotionally charged death mass, Brahms expresses his belief that death can be defeated. New principal guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach leads the orchestra and Göteborgs Symfoniska Kör, and the soloist singers are none other than Sofie Asplund and Peter Mattei.

Brahms carried the great death mass with German lyrics – Ein deutsches Requiem – with him for a long time before he finally completed it in 1866. It also became his true breakthrough as a significant composer. The idea for a requiem had started to grow in him as early as in the mid-1850s, but it wasn’t until his own mother died ten years later that he returned to the theme.

He wanted to compose a death mass aimed at man, not God. Brahms himself said that he’d happily call it a ‘human requiem’. In his emotionally charged and broad death mass, Brahms expresses his conviction that death can be defeated, and that all survivors should therefore feel hope and confidence.

This is magnificently conveyed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Göteborgs Symfoniska Kör, fronted by soloists Sofie Asplund and Peter Mattei. The leader is principal guest conductor, Christoph Eschenbach.