A German Requiem
28 October 2017, 16:30
Concert
Iffley Road
Oxford
OX4 1EH
Brahms’s own arrangement of Ein deutsches Requiem, for piano four-hands accompaniment, is performed by one of Oxford’s leading chamber choirs as All Souls’ Day approaches, a recent and extremely popular tradition- in-the-making at the Festival.
Programme
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem (Op. 45)
- 1. Selig sind, die da leid tragen
- 2. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras
- 3. Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende mit mir haben muß
- 4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth
- 5. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
- 6. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt
- 7. Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben
Suzanne Fischer
Suzanne Fischer
Soprano
A Britten-Pears Young Artist, Suzanne Fischer won the Förderpreis at Das Lied in 2015, the Pavarotti Prize at the 65th Viotti Competition, Italy, and represented Oxford Lieder Festival throughout 16/17 giving recitals for their Young Artist Platform. Other season highlights included Berta Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Cuvilliés Theater in Munich and Elsie Suddaby in Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Suzanne also sang Schumann’s Mignon settings with b... Read Full Biography
Nicholas Mogg
Nicholas Mogg
Bass
Winner of the 2017 Royal Over-Seas League Singers Section, Nicholas Mogg has recently completed his studies on the Opera Course at the Royal Academy of Music with Mark Wildman and Iain Ledingham. In 2018, he received a Young Artist Development Award through the Glyndebourne New Generation Programme, supporting his current National Opera Studio course. In September 2019, he joins the Studio at the Staatsoper Hamburg. He is an Oxford Lieder Young Artist, a Britten-Pears Young Artist, a Park Lane Group Young Artist, a Live Music Now Artist, ... Read Full Biography
Michael Pandya
Michael Pandya
Pianist
Michael Pandya is a versatile young pianist specialising in song and chamber music. He has appeared in performance alongside Graham Johnson, Jonathan Lemalu, Robin Tritschler, Eamonn Dougan, and his recital schedule has taken him across the UK and into both Europe and the USA. He recently won the 2018 Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform with duo partner Harriet Burns as well as the Help Musicians UK Accompanist Prize at the 2018 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Michael has received numerous other prizes including the Paul Hamburger Prize, Brenda ... Read Full Biography
Keval Shah
Keval Shah
Pianist
Praised as ‘exceptional… deft and responsive’ (The Observer), Keval Shah has quickly established himself at the forefront of a new generation of collaborative pianists, channelling his artistry into work as a recitalist, broadcaster and pedagogue. He has been Lecturer of Lieder at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki since 2020, an appointment which made him the institution’s youngest professor. He now divides his time between running the song programme at the SibA and appearing in recital at venues and festivals across E... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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Please click here to view the full Festival brochure. Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century was a vibrant melting pot for music and the arts. Whirling waltzes sat alongside gargantuan symphonies. The height of romanticism had been reached but was nearly exhausted and on the brink of a whole new musical language. Tradition - with Brahms a holder of the torch - ...