Experience the traditional performance of Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45 with the Dresdner Kreuzchor, the Dresdner Philharmonie and renowned soloists under the direction of Kreuzkantor Martin Lehmann on Remembrance Day. The question of what prompted the 28-year-old Johannes Brahms to take up work on a large-scale choral symphonic work for the first time in 1861 has long been a mystery to many. What is certain is that the work met with enthusiastic approval from his contemporaries due to its immense musical ingenuity and ingenious conception based on symmetry - a fascination that remains unbroken to this day.
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