John Storgards: conductor; Rachel Nicholls: soprano; Ben Johnson: tenor; Stephan Loges: bass baritone; SCO Chorus

Brahms: Serenade No.2; Brahms: Serious Songs; Schumann: Mass in C minor, Op.147

Here is a chance to hear a true rarity. Schumann’s Mass is among his very last compositions, and it was almost lost forever. His wife, Clara, was worried that his illness had affected its quality and considered burning it. Of her friends, it was Brahms who convinced her to publish and, on hearing it for the first time, she knew that he had been right.

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