Houston Symphony: Takemitsu + Brahms's Requiem
Sun, Jan 21
|Jones Hall
See Leanna perform Brahms's Requiem in the Houston Symphony Chorus!


Time & Location
Jan 21, 2024, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana St #102, Houston, TX 77002, USA
About the event
Music Director Juraj Valčuha leads Brahms’s extraordinary A German Requiem. Written during a time of personal grief for Brahms, the Requiem offers music of time-altering beauty as a balm of comfort, peace, and uplifting hope to those experiencing grief and loss. The concerts open with Tōru Takemitsu’s emotionally powerful Requiem for strings.
PRE-CONCERT CHAMBER MUSIC: Before the concert, all ticketholders are invited to enjoy Reinecke’s Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano, performed by the Symphony’s Mark Nuccio (clarinet), William VerMeulen (horn), and Scott Holshouser (piano). This performance replaces the pre-concert talk and will begin at 7:15 p.m. on Friday/Saturday, and at 1:45 p.m. on Sunday.