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Today in History: Philipp Wolfrum conducts premiere of Reger's Hebbel Requiem

7/16/2026

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On July 16, Philipp Wolfrum led the premiere of Max Reger’s 1915 Hebbel Requiem, Op. 144b, in a memorial concert honoring the composer. The work, Reger’s final choral-orchestral piece, sets Friedrich Hebbel’s poem and is dedicated to the German soldiers who fell in 1914-15.

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On July 16, Philipp Wolfrum led the premiere of Max Reger’s 1915 Hebbel Requiem, Op. 144b, in a memorial concert honoring the composer. The work, Reger’s final choral-orchestral piece, sets Friedrich Hebbel’s poem and is dedicated to the German soldiers who fell in 1914-15.