Ashley Grote, our Chorus conductor, talks Brahms and his German Requiem, and why you should come and see our performance on the 8th of November! Tickets available here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/norwichphil?sd=1 (fb)

In the first half of the Norwich Phil’s first concert of its 25/26 season at Norwich Cathedral on Saturday 8th November, Matthew Andrews conducts the Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra in the Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius. Dating from 1924, it is the last symphony the famously enigmatic Finnish composer ever completed, even though he went on to live another 33 years. Just a single movement, it is a masterpiece of concentrated symphonic form. It is also not often performed and so this is a rare opportunity to hear Sibelius’ unique Nordic soundscape, resounding beneath the wonderful soaring arches of the cathedral. After the interval, Ashley Grote conducts the Norwich Phil Chorus and Orchestra in Brahms’ A German Requiem with soprano and baritone soloists, Alison Langer and James Newby. Tickets priced from £15 to £35 (£8 to £18 for under 26) are available online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/norwichphil (fb)