Gerhard Markson, conductor
Alexandra Dariescu , piano
Jennifer Davis, soprano
Ben McAteer, baritone
National Symphony Chorus (Chorus Director: David Young)
Presented by Paul Herriott, RTÉ lyric fm
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem is a beautiful, stirring and heartfelt expression of loss that offers comfort to the living even as it laments the dead. Dwelling on the hope of Resurrection rather than the fear of Judgement Day, Ein deutsches Requiem was begun as a memorial to Clara Schumann’s composer-husband, Robert, and completed following the death of Brahms’s mother. It is a sublimely moving Requiem like no other.