Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts) – Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Berlioz's Death

In honor of the 150th anniversary of Berlioz's death, on March 8, 2019 John Nelson led a moving performance of his immensely powerful Requiem in St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Album and DVD now available: https://wce.lnk.to/RequiemLY

The performance gathered together more than 300 musicians, including tenor Michael Spyres, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Philharmonia Chorus, and the London Philharmonic Choir.

Of the live performance, The Times wrote: “The surpassing virtue of this performance – with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus and London Philharmonic Choir magisterially conducted by John Nelson – was that both aspects, the spine-shakingly spectacular and the heart-rendingly haunting, were allowed to make their impact.”

This response was echoed in The Guardian: “An outstanding Berliozian, with a most distinguished discography to his credit, Nelson offered a noble if austere interpretation, finely negotiating the work’s extremes of dynamics and sonority, and mindful throughout of the crucial integration of devotion and drama.”

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