Name: Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms’s Requiem in Vienna
Start: 1997-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1997-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Musikverein

Organization

Conductor

Claudio Abbado

Baritone

Bryn Terfel

Soprano

Barbara Bonney

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

Others

Swedish Radio Choir

Eric Ericsons Kammarkör

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms’s Requiem in Vienna

Vienna

Austria

Musikverein

For all flesh is as grass": a deeply moving performance. Abbado gets the best out of the entire cast, striking an especially urgent tone. Bryn Terfel's powerful voice stands out a little from the rest.

Claudio Abbado conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in a solemn and intimate performance of Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem.

A "Human requiem" as Brahms liked to call it, Ein Deutsches Requiem breaks with tradition, using inspiration from the Protestant Bible of Luther. Brahms wrote the text himself, giving more importance to the living. A remarkable piece of sacred music, this work was composed soon after the genius of Hamburg's mother passed away (1865).

Two swedish choirs are gathered for this performance at the Musikverein in Vienna: the Swedish Radio Choir and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir. Barbara Bonney's crystal-clear voice and Bryn Terfel's warm tone reply to the Berliner Philharmoniker, under the direction of Claudio Abbado, and enhance the emotion of this timeless masterpiece.

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms’s Requiem in Vienna: Ein deutsches Requiem Brahms

Public

A German Requiem

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading