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Konstantin Shushakov

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Gianandrea Noseda

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Ernst Raffelsberger

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Lydia Teuscher

Opernhaus Zürich

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Ein Deutsches Requiem

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Ein Deutsches Requiem: Ein deutsches Requiem Brahms

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A German Requiem

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Johannes Brahms: "A German Requiem" (excerpt)

A new era begins: In September Gianandrea Noseda takes up his new position as General Music Director of the Zurich Opera House. But he is already making his artistic calling card with a major musical project: the Italian conductor is performing the mighty “German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms with the Philharmonia Zurich and the Zurich Opera choir. The "German Requiem" for soprano and baritone solo, choir and orchestra is one of the most popular oratorio compositions of the 19th century and is a central work in Brahms' overall oeuvre. The German late romanticist did not set up the score as a mass for the dead in the Catholic tradition, but chose German texts and shifted the focus of the content from the plea for redemption for the deceased to the comfort of the living. The oratorio does not want to be a liturgical church service, but an art event dedicated to the people. «I have completed my funeral music as the Beatitude for those who suffer. I have now found consolation in the way I have set it as a sign to the complainants », writes Brahms about his Requiem. It goes without saying that his music is of particular importance in the dramatic phase of a global pandemic. Live broadcast on Sunday, February 7, 2021, at 5.30 p.m. on @ARTEdevia www.opernhaus.ch/digital/corona-spielplan/brahms/

Gianandrea Noseda conducts Brahms' “A German Requiem” - Zurich Opera House

Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms, From (2021/2021), Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

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