Groot Omroepkoor en Hannes Minnaar - Brahms

Brahms' vocal works

Johannes Brahms wrote much beautiful music for choir, both a cappella and with piano accompaniment. The Netherlands Radio Choir selected the most beautiful pieces: Nachtwache , Abendständchen and Darthulas Grabgesang . Pianist Hannes Minnaar accompanies the choir on O schöne Nacht and Das geistliches Lied . He supplements this with two works for solo piano.

Groot Omroepkoor and Hannes Minnaar

The Groot Omroepkoor, together with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, is the house ensemble for the Sunday morning concerts. It is the vocal ensemble for the larger repertoire and is loved all over the world. Hannes Minnaar is one of the best pianists in the Netherlands, as is evident from the fact that he was the first Dutchman in twenty years to give a concert in the Master Pianist Series in the Concertgebouw. Gramophone enthusiastically called him 'a convincing tone painter and an ardent romantic'. This comes in handy with the romantic and colorful music of Brahms.