Brahms Requiem
Johannes Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem is one of the most profound choral masterworks ever composed—a timeless meditation on grief, hope, and transcendence. In this performance by Downtown Voices, soloists and NOVUS, Brahms’s setting of biblical texts unfolds in waves of grief and consolation, embodied in richly expressive orchestration and choral melodies. Unlike traditional requiems, Brahms’s masterpiece is not a mass for the dead but a work for the living, offering reassurance and solace.
Johannes Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Moriah Berry, soprano; Brian Mextorf, baritone; Downtown Voices; NOVUS; Stephen Sands, conductor
About the Event:
Johannes Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem is one of the most profound choral masterworks ever composed—a timeless meditation on grief, hope, and transcendence. In this performance by Downtown Voices, soloists and NOVUS, Brahms’s setting of biblical texts unfolds in waves of grief and consolation, embodied in richly expressive orchestration and choral melodies. Unlike traditional requiems, Brahms’s masterpiece is not a mass for the dead but a work for the living, offering reassurance and solace.
Johannes Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Moriah Berry, soprano; Brian Mextorf, baritone; Downtown Voices; NOVUS; Stephen Sands, conductor