Local choir to perform Brahms Requiem in St John’s Church, Wolverhampton
Following their highly acclaimed Christmas Concert, ‘A Winter’s Night’, the Wombourne and District Choral Society are now busy rehearsing for their spring choral concert which will feature Brahms Requiem.
This Requiem is not primarily a Mass for the dead. Instead, it is intended as comfort for those who mourn and who feel the pain of the death of others. By the time he began writing the work in 1865, Brahms had just experienced such loss extremely personally: his mother had died that very same year.
The concert will be performed on Saturday, 5 April in St John’s Church in the Square in Wolverhampton WV2 4AT, commencing at 7.30pm. The choir will be accompanied by a 34 strong professional orchestra, together with guest soprano and baritone soloists, all conducted by the choir's Musical Director, Dr Edward Caine.
Would you like to be part of the Brahms Requiem choir? WDCS would like to invite anybody who would like the fantastic opportunity of taking part in the Brahms Requiem to join us for a term of singing for the low price of £50 for the term. Rehearsals are on Mondays at 7.30pm in Springdale Methodist Church on Warstones Road, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4LF. For more information, contact our Membership Secretary, Eileen Brown at eileenbrown31@talktalk.net or on 01902 892391.
Wombourne & District Choral Society is a well-established, mixed choir of some 50 singers, drawn from the local area and has a varied repertoire, mainly full classical works, often performed with soloists and an orchestra. New members are always welcome.
