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Brahms Requiem concert applauded as a real classic
26th March, 2017
More than 350 music lovers attended a major spring classical concert at Worcester Cathedral on Saturday 25th March, to enjoy one of the world's best-loved orchestral dance suites and an exquisitely moving choral requiem sung by 150 voices.
Worcester Festival Choral Society performed Johannes Brahms's passionate Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) at the concert, which was conducted by Worcester Cathedral’s Director of Music, Dr Peter Nardone. The well-known work, which was thought to have been inspired by the death of Brahms’s mother, has been described as the most comforting requiem ever written. Appearing as the Requiem’s soloists were internationally acclaimed soprano Helen Neeves, and baritone Andrew Davies.
The concert also featured a feast of orchestral folk dances that really got the audience's feet tapping. The eight, lively Slavonic Dances (Op.46) by Czech composer Antonin Dvořák were performed by the 40-strong Meridian Sinfonia orchestra and are among the composer’s most popular works.
Ben Cooper, Chairman of Worcester Festival Choral Society, said: “People often ask why I sing, and the answer is Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem - it’s so full of colour, emotion, and passion. And the Slavonic Dances are a real treat for any music lover. It was truly thrilling to perform them to a packed Cathedral!”
Next Concert
2026-27 CONCERT SEASON
Worcester Festival Choral Society is thrilled to announce its three, exciting concerts for the 2026-27 season.
All performed in magnificent Worcester Cathedral, starting from 7.30pm.
Join us to hear 140 choral voices, stellar soloists and the superb Meridian Sinfonia perform an unmissable programme of magical choral and orchestral music!
Saturday 21 November 2026:
Vaughan Williams DONA NOBIS PACEM
Bernstein CHICHESTER PSALMS
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