Sing and Discover: Brahms: Requiem
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In this two-hour live and online workshop, with a fifteen minute social break, conductor and singer John Hancorn and writer and broadcaster Richard Wigmore explore Brahms's Requiem. We shall look at the music in some detail while participants will join in with the choruses.
Sing & Discover workshops are for experienced choral singers, choirs, instrumentalists and music lovers who wish to broaden their range, extend their experience, increase their knowledge of style and context, and who enjoy a challenge.
John Hancorn is a conductor, baritone and workshop leader. He is music director of the BREMF Singers, Baroque Collective Singers, East Sussex Bach Choir, Eastbourne Choral Society and the Croydon Bach Choir. John leads workshops and masterclasses specialising in baroque repertoire including regular visits to Early Music Fora. He is Associate Lecturer in Choral Studies at the University of Chichester and a specialist examiner for Trinity Laban.
Richard Wigmore is a writer, broadcaster and distinguished musicologist, following a career as a professional singer. He writes regularly for Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine, gives regular pre-concert talks, appears frequently on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review and lectures regularly in Salzburg, Vienna and elsewhere on Martin Randall cultural tours. Richard’s publications include Schubert: the complete song texts and the Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn.
NB! We shall be running this workshop LIVE in St Michael's Church, 158 High Street, Lewes BN7 1XU and ONLINE via Zoom. Please book your ticket accordingly.
All recordings will be at modern pitch A = 440Hz and we shall be singing in Latin.
All recordings will be at modern pitch A = 440Hz and we shall be singing in Latin.
Music: please provide your own vocal score for the LIVE and ONLINE workshops. Vocal scores are available from Musicroom.com, Amazon etc. There won't be a scrolling score this time.
Instrumentalists should print off their part from imslp in advance for live and online workshops. Full details including imslp links will be sent to you when you book.
Instrumentalists should print off their part from imslp in advance for live and online workshops. Full details including imslp links will be sent to you when you book.
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