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Deutsches Requiem

Deutsches Requiem

Deutsches Requiem

The OSR and Neeme Järvi perform Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with Julie Fuchs, Matthias Goerne and the Zürcher Sing-Akademie.

Neeme Järvi conductor
Julie Fuchs soprano
Matthias Goerne baritone
Zürcher Sing-Akademie choir

Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

The return of our former musical director takes on a special significance with the hearing of Johannes Brahms’ German Requiem. This powerful work is rarely on the programme of our concerts and will be with the participation of two of today’s greatest voices. Brahms composed his longest choral work following two emotional shocks, the death of his mother and that of his friend Robert Schumann. Long matured, this Requiem does not follow the Catholic liturgy, it finds its origin in texts carefully chosen by Brahms in the German translation of the Bible.
No room for the dark threats of the Last Judgement in this peaceful score which on the contrary brings words of consolation to reassure the living. The message is addressed to all believers whatever their confession. A work of transition, it represents a decisive step between the composer’s youth and the style of his full maturity.

Approximatively 1h10 without intermission

Details

Dates
Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from 7:30 pm until 8:40 pm
Price & conditions

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rue Bovy-Lysberg 2, 1204 Geneva

Contact

Address
Victoria Hall
Rue du Général-DUFOUR 14, 1204 Genève - 1204 Genève