Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - German Requiem
Serene and deeply moving, Brahms’s Requiem is a sublime fusion of his mastery of vocal and symphonic music: a study in unity and balance. The first half is devoted almost entirely to earthly suffering, lamentation and mourning over the nothingness of human life, whilst in the second, mourning is gradually transformed, passing through the stages of pious faith, consolation, and joy in the living God, to celestial bliss and triumphant resurrection.
Mozart was just sixteen when he wrote this exu
7.30pm
Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset BH15 1UG
Wed 9 Mar 2016