Robert Shafer discusses the Brahms Requiem

Watch the video below to hear conductor and composer Robert Shafer discuss the City Choir of Washington’s upcoming Washington National Cathedral concert dedicated to the victims of war in Ukraine. The performance with full orchestra and chorus, under the honorary patronage of Her Excellency Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, includes the Brahms Requiem and a new work, composed by Shafer, titled "A Prayer for Ukraine."