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Brahms German Requiem - Tiptree Choral Society
Tiptree Choral Society, under Musical Director Malcolm Boulter and accompanied by David Leveridge, will perform A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, by Johannes Brahms. Soloists: Claire Pendleton and Richard Woodall.
It is a large-scale work for chorus, soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work both Brahms's longest composition and largest-ensemble work.
A German Requiem is sacred but uses German texts from the Lutheran Bible to offer comfort, consolation, and peace to the living, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is set in the German language.
Brahms's mother died in February 1865, a loss that caused him much grief and may well have inspired Ein deutsches Requiem. Brahms's lingering feelings over Robert Schumann's death in July 1856 may also have been a motivation, though his reticence about such matters makes this uncertain.
Beginning with the text Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. from the Beatitudes. This theme—transition from anxiety to comfort—recurs in many of the following movements. Although the idea of the Lord is the source of the comfort, the sympathetic humanism persists through the work. (Wikipedia)
It is a large-scale work for chorus, soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work both Brahms's longest composition and largest-ensemble work.
A German Requiem is sacred but uses German texts from the Lutheran Bible to offer comfort, consolation, and peace to the living, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is set in the German language.
Brahms's mother died in February 1865, a loss that caused him much grief and may well have inspired Ein deutsches Requiem. Brahms's lingering feelings over Robert Schumann's death in July 1856 may also have been a motivation, though his reticence about such matters makes this uncertain.
Beginning with the text Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. from the Beatitudes. This theme—transition from anxiety to comfort—recurs in many of the following movements. Although the idea of the Lord is the source of the comfort, the sympathetic humanism persists through the work. (Wikipedia)
Saturday 28 March
St. Luke’s Church, Church Road, Tiptree, Essex CO5 0SU
Tickets are available online at tiptreechoral.uk and on the door. Adults £15, students £5, accompanied children under 16 free.Pre-concert reception at 19:15, all welcome. No interval. Performance starts at 20:00.
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Tiptree Choral Society
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