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 nut 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 studies on the Opera Course at the Royal Academy of Music with Mark Wildman and Iain Ledingham. He is the recipient of the Baroness de Turckheim Award, the Thompson Family Charitable Trust Award, and the Norman Ayrton Scholarship. He is an Oxford Lieder Young Artist, a Britten-Pears Young Artist, a Park Lane Group Young Artist, a Live Music Now Artist, a Drake Calleja Scholar, a soloist for the RAM/Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series, and a member of the Academy’s... 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, Anna Huntley, Robin Tritschler, Eamonn Dougan, and his recital schedule has taken him across the UK and into Europe. He recently won the prestigious Brenda Webb award for Accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music. Michael has received numerous other prizes including the Joan Chissells/Rex Stephens Schumann Lieder Prize, the Vivian Langrish Piano Prize and the Pianist Prize at the R... Read Full Biography
Keval Shah
Keval Shah
Pianist
Keval Shah performs extensively as a song accompanist and his recital schedule has taken him across the UK and Europe, including to the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Oxford Lieder and Leeds Lieder Festivals, and to the Danish National Centre of the Performing Arts. Recent competition successes include prizes at the Elena Gerhardt Lieder Prize and the Rex Stephens/Joan Chissell Schumann Lieder Prize, as well as winning the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform with regular duo partner Michael Mofidian. Future engagements include performances of ... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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