Lichfield Cathedral Chorus

Spring concert (Sat 8 May 2010)

• Brahms, Requiem
• Dvorak, New World Symphony

The ever popular Requiem by Brahms is a large scale choral work completed in 1868. It is a setting of uplifting texts selected from the Lutheran Bible, emphasising comfort for the living, beginning with the chorus “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted” and later the familiar “How lovely are thy dwellings”

More correctly Symphony No. 9, From the New World is another much-loved work, dramatic and lyrical. It was composed whilst the Czech composer was living in America.

Pieces

• Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45 (1868) — Brahms
• Symphony no.9 (New World Symphony) (1893) — Dvořák

Venue

Lichfield Cathedral, The Close, Lichfield, WS13 7LD [map]

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