Since its first complete performance in 1868 in the Cathedral of Bremen,
Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem is, without question, one of the key works in the
history of the oratorio. The reputation of the work is based not only on its
unusually concentrated musical structure, but also on the original conception of
the text: Brahms assembled important passages from both the Old and New
Testaments in Luther’s translation so that thoughts on sorrow and consolation
would obviously refer to one another. In contrast to many other oratorios of the
19th century Brahms places the choir, the voice of the community, in the center
of this interdenominational celebration of the dead.
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Scoring: Soli SB, Coro SATB, Picc, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Tb, 3 Timp, Arpa, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, [Org]
Language: German
Duration: 70 min
pages: 256
Text source: nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
