| Course launch | 24 August 2020 |
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| Course Director | Harry Bradford |
About this course
In 2020, The Self-Isolation Choir launched Requiems at Home - a series of courses devoted to some of the most significant requiems in the choral repertoire. The series responded to the choir’s growing demand for large-scale sacred works and provided an opportunity for singers to study and perform these pieces through a combination of recorded and live online learning.
This Brahms’ Requiem course was led by conductor Harry Bradford, who taught the work through a complete set of pre-recorded rehearsals. Participants were invited to learn and record both the choral and solo movements, singing in the original German.
Harry taught the work using an exclusive new recording created especially for the course, performed by his chamber choir, Recordare, accompanied by pianist Richard Gowers. The arrangement reflected Brahms’ own 1871 piano version used for the London premiere.
Concert Performances: 4 February 2021 | 19 March 2021
Musicians
The Self-Isolation Choir were accompanied by the following musicians in the production of this course:
REHEARSAL TRACKS & SOLOS RECORDED BY
ACCOMPANIMENT BY
Richard Gowers - Piano
Testimonials
The whole recording is astoundingly beautiful - well done everyone!
~ ElizabethI treasure my opportunity to do that!
~ AnnaHow beautiful. Thank you all who have joined in this endeavor. The result is gorgeous.
~ LeslieThank you so much, Harry, Mark, Recordare, Richard and Conor - that was a wonderful experience. It's been brilliant singing with everyone today.
~ Dave