NCS: Brahms Requiem & Cello Sonata

Graham Walker, cello & music director

Maurice and Thanea Hodges, piano

 

Brahms’ German Requiem, thought to be written in memory of Brahms’ mother, has an air of consolation and repose whilst his Cello Sonata in E Minor is full of contrasts: a profoundly soulful first movement and an apparently “Classical” minuet & trio give way to a powerful, muscular and passionate contrapuntal finale. The German Requiem will be performed in a version for choir and piano duet, based on Brahms’ own arrangement of the work.