While in the Requien by Mozart and Verdi the prayer for the dead is in the foreground, Brahms thought less regarding the salvation of the soul of the deceased. “It was regarding giving comfort to the bereaved,” says Melissa Dermastia Die Dommusikassistentin am Klagenfurter Dom has been directing the madrigal choir since 2016, which now invites you to the Brahms Requiem in an arrangement for chamber orchestra. While the original version featured 200 singers, here there are around 60, including Alex Reed singers.
