A German Requiem

Work:: A German Requiem (S01793001127)

Brahms first contemplated composing a Requiem after the death of Schumann, his friend and mentor. But it was the death of his mother in 1865 that spurred him into action. Rejecting the Catholic Mass, he set instead his own selection of Biblical passages. Perhaps because Brahms was not a man of strong religious convictions, his Requiem is concerned less with the terror of the Day of Judgement than it is with offering comfort to the living. The result is a work which combines grandeur and tenderness with great humanity.

Music

Johannes Brahms

Listing:: L1715490232

York Minster. York Theatre Royal Box Office: 01904 623 568.

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Production details

Sung in German. The performance lasts approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. York Minster. York Theatre Royal Box Office: 01904 623 568.