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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / Raphaël Pichon

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Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 20:00
»I have now found solace.« With these words, Johannes Brahms put the core of his monumental »German Requiem« in a nutshell: the deceased do not take centre stage as usual, but the bereaved. They are to find solace through the moving music and can cope with their grief. Brahms knew how to utilise choir and orchestra extremely effectively and created both deeply sad and devastating moments as well as comforting ones: in this way, life and death manifest in all... Read full text

Keywords: Early Music, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Pygmalion
Sabine DevieilheSoprano
Stéphane DegoutBariton
Raphaël PichonDirector

Program

Georg Daniel SpeerAch! Wie elend ist unser Zeit / Kanon à 4
Felix Mendelssohn BartholdyMitten wir im Leben sind / aus: Kirchenmusik für Chor und Solostimmen mit Orgel op. 23
Johannes BrahmsA German Requiem, Op. 45
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