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Oxford Town Hall
Saint Aldate's
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1BX
England
Tickets
Prices: £20 - £25; students/U18s £12.50
Booking line: 01865 305305
Book Tickets
Programme
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45
Robert Schumann – Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
Performers
Nazan Fikret – soprano
Andrew Mayor – baritone
Dima Tkachenko – violin
Robert Secret – Conductor
Oxford Harmonic Choir
Orchestra of Stowe Opera
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem, 1868) technically isn’t a requiem at all, as none of its 7 movements are settings of the Latin Mass for the Dead. Brahms himself wasn’t a particularly devout person, aiming instead to create a more general meditation on the human condition. The paradox, then, is that this is undeniably music of almost overwhelming spiritual power.
Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto (1853), one of several works he wrote for the violinist Joseph Joachim, was nearly unknown for many decades after its composition, but is notable for its turbulent drama and its unusual polonaise-like finale.
PRE-CONCERT TALK AT 6.30PM (included in ticket price) WITH JESSICA DUCHEN, Author of GHOST VARIATIONS: The Strangest Detective Story in the History of Music - a book based on the Violin Concerto's fascinating history.
