Event

CANCELLED - Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

Saturday, March 21, 2020 19:30to21:30
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 4237 Avenue Henri Julien, Montréal, QC, H2W 1E5, CA
Price: 
$20 / $15

Alexis Hauser, conductor
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, chorus master
Mary Jane Egan, Soprano;
Nathaniel Watson, Baritone
with the McGill Symphony Orchestra, Schulich Singers, McGill Concert Choir, and McGill University Chorus

JOHANNES BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

To end the orchestral season, the McGill Symphony Orchestra will be joined by the Schulich Singers, the McGill Concert Choir and the McGill University chorus to perform none other than Johannes Brahms’s deeply moving German Requiem. Written in the years following the tragic passing of his mentor Robert Schumann and the death of his mother, the Requiem is set to German text, departing from the Latin Catholic tradition, and is meant as an offering of hope and consolation for the living rather than as a mass for the dead. Complex, powerful and very personal to the composer, this seven-movement masterpiece will be brought to life in the stunning Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste under the direction of conductor Alexis Hauser and chorus master Jean-Sébastien Vallée.

This concert will be webcast.

Following the recommendations of the Government of Quebec and with the safety of our students, staff, faculty, visiting guests, and dedicated audience in mind, please note that effective immediately, all public performances have been cancelled for the rest of the 2019-20 season in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. Tickets purchased to affected events will be given full refunds. For up to date information, please monitor McGill University’s coronavirus webpage.
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