Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem (Samuel Barber: Adagio)

Featuring

Soraya Mafi
Benjamin Bruns
Florian Markus
Henrik Brandstetter
Patrick Hahn
Tölzer Knabenchor

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Samuel Barber

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Performer Biography

Patrick Hahn, the conductor, is described as a 'shooting star' on the conducting scene and was appointed the youngest Generalmusikdirektor in the German-speaking world in 2021/2022.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem was composed to balance serious and popular music, church and opera, through eclectic styles and genres.

Cultural Impact

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings was played repeatedly by American radio and television stations after September 11, 2001, as a tribute to victims and an expression of patriotism.

Cultural Impact

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings has been repeatedly used to mark the deaths of prominent Americans, including Alfred Einstein, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.

Composer Biography

Andrew Lloyd Webber's father, William Webber, was a leading church musician who taught historical composition and music theory at the Royal College of Music.

Compositional Technique

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem fuses disparate elements in its instrumentation, augmenting the symphony orchestra with extensive percussion and combining the church organ with a synthesiser.