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| Composer | Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918-1970) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1970 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Speech to song: The London Philharmonic Orchestra plays Brahms and Zimmermann
A German Requiem and two German composers sounds like your standard concert menu, but this concert was an interesting juxtaposition of two very different halves, the first filled by German composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s little-heard Ecclesiastical Action, and the second by the much-loved, much-performed German Requiem by Brahms.