Das Berliner Requiem (Berlin Requiem)
Cantata for tenor, baritone, three-part male chorus and wind orchestra.
Settings of poems by Bertolt Brecht.
Note: The alternative edition may be performed by solo tenor, baritone, and bass, with wind ensemble and no chorus. In this case, Weill's a cappella 5) is replaced by Goehr's arrangement of Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen.
Work Details
Duration
21 minutes
First Performance
22 May 1929, Radio Frankfurt, Hans Grahl, Johannes Willy, Jean Stern, Frankfurt Rundfunkorchester, Ludwig Rottenberg, cond.
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