Performance on 3 - 14/01/2008

Martin Handley introduces two concerts given at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2007. 1/2. The beginning of a series devised by John Eliot Gardiner illustrating Brahms's sometimes surprising knowledge of, and admiration for, earlier composers. Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Brahms: Begrabnisgesang Schutz: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen Bach: Cantata No 60 (O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort) Brahms: German Requiem.