Ein Deutsches Requiem

Winter concerts 2016

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Saturday January 9, 2016, 8:15 PM in the Jacobi Church in Utrecht.

Sunday January 10, 2016, 8:15 PM in The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

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Conductor: Jacob Slagter

Soloists: Heleen Koele (soprano) (and Hans de Vries (baritone)

In collaboration with the Dutch Project Choir conducted by Jeroen Spitteler.

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Program
Paul Hindemith - Mathis der Maler

Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

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Ticket sales

Jacobi Church: at the box office €19.50 / €17.00 (CJP/65+) In presale €18.50 / €16.00 (CJP/65+)

The Concertgebouw: at the box office €21.50 / €18.50 (CJP) In advance €21.50 / €18.50 (CJP)

Tickets are available in advance via our website and at the door. Tickets can be purchased directly in advance at a discount through the orchestra members.

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Comforting instead of mourning, that seems to be the core of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem. That he would actually have preferred to call it 'a human requiem', in retrospect. Because Brahms appeals to the ordinary man and woman. Who has lost loved ones and knows that their own life is also finite. This finitude is not scary in Brahms. He portrays the afterlife as a place of security. Literally, in the choice he makes from Bible texts. And figuratively: for Brahms, heaven is the middle of seven parts. A glowing choir takes us there.

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