J. Brahms: Requiem

Listen to Johannes Brahms' famous German Requiem in St. Stephen's Cathedral, an impressive work that is not intended as funeral music, but rather as a comfort for those "who mourn." Although the title of the work might suggest otherwise, the German Requiem is not funeral music in the strict sense. The central idea of the piece is not the eternal rest of the dead, but rather the comfort of the bereaved. It is music primarily for the living, reflecting the intentions and personal connection of the composer, who had recently lost his mother. "Since Bach's B minor Mass and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, nothing has been written that can stand alongside Brahms' German Requiem in this field," praised the hard-to-enthuse music critic Eduard Hanslick, highlighting this work that helped Brahms achieve his breakthrough and would become his most popular composition. Alois Glaßner skillfully brings together the Webern Sinfonietta and the mdw Chamber Choir with the Chamber Choir of the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar to deliver great musical performances. The repertoire is diverse and usually includes at least one a cappella program and one choral-orchestral work, such as Handel's Messiah.

Performers:
Webern Sinfonietta
Webern Chamber Choir of the mdw
Chamber Choir of the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar
Alois Glaßner, Conductor