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Brahms A German Requiem

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time - 70 minutes, no interval

Overflowing with heartfelt emotion and universal connections, this is a ‘human requiem’ to comfort and console

A serious young man, torn by the death of his mother and the loss of a mentor, not a believer but finding comfort in the spiritual… This is the Brahms who wrote A German Requiem – a magnificent, heartful work for soloists, chorus and orchestra. 

This isn’t a Latin requiem for the church, and you can forget the fire and brimstone of the ‘day of wrath’. Brahms turned his back on judgement and drama to choose words from Luther’s German bible, creating a text that, as the soprano sings at the end, ‘will comfort you as one whom his own mother comforts’. 

A German Requiem speaks of consolation, its music is rich with emotion. It is, as Brahms wrote, ‘a human requiem’. Experience this expansive and heartfelt interpretation with the Festival Chorus and The Sydney Youth Orchestra.

Presented by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

Event details

There is a magnificence in hearing the voices in a fine choir, such as the Sydney Philharmonic Choirs, come together so beautifully. It is goosebumps stuff.

Sydney Arts Guide, 2024

Program

Johannes BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)

Artists

Brett Weymark conductor
Cathy-Di Zhang soprano
Samuel Dundas baritone

Festival Chorus
The Sydney Youth Orchestra

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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