Requiem Aeternam: Death in Classical Music

{"title":"Requiem Aeternam: Death in Classical Music","description":"\u003Cp\u003ENicolas Bucher, director of the OCG, brings expertise in programming and performance of orchestral and choral repertoire, drawing on his professional role to situate requiem works in historical and musical contexts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis lecture examines the theme of death in classical music, focusing on Brahms\u2019s German Requiem and other mass settings. Bucher examines compositional language, textual choices, and liturgical traditions to reveal how requiems negotiate grief, consolation and memory, and what these works tell us about changing attitudes toward death in Western music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2026-10-29","end_date":"2026-10-29","date":"Thursday 29 October, 15:00","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20261029T140000Z","timing_end_date":"20261029T150000Z"}]}