Was it merely a productive misunderstanding, or was it actually a malicious dig, when Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s contemporaries described his \u2018Requiem\u2019 as, in fact, his \u2018best opera\u2019? This view has long since been disproved; Verdi\u2019s setting of the Latin Requiem text, premiered in Milan in 1874, with its stirring visions of the fear of death and the end of the world, of farewell, mourning and his sense of eternity, is one of the most emotionally powerful choral works in the history of music. The choir and orchestra of the Andreaskirche, conducted by Martin Fratz, together with a select quartet of soloists, perform this magnificent work.<\/p>\n
With the kind support of Aengevelt Immobilien, Ernst and Heidi Lamers, the M\u00fcnstermann family and St Andrew\u2019s Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5373,"template":"","genre":[115,114],"state":[153],"class_list":["post-12283","veranstaltung","type-veranstaltung","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","genre-chor-und-orchesterkonzert","genre-klassik-en","state-current"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n