A German Requiem – In Chamber-Orchestral Form
With his Ein deutsches Requiem, first performed in 1869, Johannes Brahms created a work of profound emotional and musical depth, originally conceived for a choir of around 200 singers and a correspondingly large orchestra.
The present version by Joachim Linckelmann for choir, soloists and chamber orchestra is not intended as a substitute, but as a deliberate sonic perspective on the work. Through the instrumental reduction, inner voices, motivic interconnections and the architectural design emerge with greater clarity. At the same time, the emotional breadth of the original is preserved, without the sonic limitation that can accompany versions with piano alone.
The Junge Kammerchor Rhein-Neckar and the Junge Kammerphilharmonie Rhein-Neckar interpret this concentrated version under the direction of Thomas Kalb with tonal cohesion and interpretative clarity. The solo parts are performed by Judith Wiesebrock, soprano, and Jan-Ole Lingsch, baritone.
The album thus brings together a vocal ensemble repeatedly awarded at state and national level with one of Germany’s most distinguished non-professional orchestras – multiple prize-winner of the German Orchestra Competition and recipient of First Prize at the international “Summa cum laude” competition in Vienna.
Judith Wiesebrock – Soprano
Jan-Ole Lingsch – Baritone
Junge Kammerphilharmonie Rhein-Neckar
Junger Kammerchor Rhein-Neckar
Thomas Kalb
