A German Requiem

Cockermouth Harmonic Society

20 December 2017

Cockermouth Harmonic Society              Media Release                    31

CONCERT 27 January 2018: BRAHMS’ A GERMAN REQUIEM

Cockermouth Harmonic Society will perform Brahms’ A German Requiem on 27 January 2018, in Christ Church, Cockermouth.  The concert will start at 7.30pm.

Composed and first performed in 1867, this major choral work came into being in the same year that the Cockermouth choir was formed.  Taking words from psalms and other Bible passages, the music is dramatic and moving, having a wide range of impacts on the listener.

The choir will also sing four Bruckner motets and Rheinberger’s Stabat Mater.  These haunting and simple works contrast well with the intensity of the Brahms.

Ian Wright, the choir’s new music director, will conduct the choir and the soloists, Charlotte Jackson, soprano, and Paul Im Thurn, bass-baritone.  Ian Hare will play the organ accompaniment.

Tickets for the concert will cost £12, but are free for full-time students, and there is a discount for parties of 6 or more.  Tickets are available from Billy Bowman’s music shop in Cockermouth.  Or contact Janet Johnston (telephone 01900 825083 or email: ticketsales@cockermouthharmonic.org.uk) for further information.

Note to Editors: Cockermouth Harmonic Society is the largest adult choir in Cockermouth with some 60 singing members.  The choir performs the major choral repertoire and has a professional musical director and accompanist.

Cockermouth Harmonic Society prepares for at least two major concerts a year.  In addition it performs at other special events.  Soloists and orchestral musicians are regularly engaged to perform at its concerts.

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