The idea of composing a requiem in the German language based on texts from the Lutheran Bible and the Apocrypha began to take shape in Brahms' mind in 1857, a year after the death of his friend and ...

Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem, one of the most beloved choral works in the classical music repertoire, is the centerpiece of the New Hampshire Master Chorale’s spring concerts on June 14 in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Johannes Brahms' "Ein deutsches Requiem" (the full original title is "Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift," ...

The Music: Brahms began his ‘German Requiem’ a few months after his mother’s death in February 1865. The composer retrieved an existing idea to create the work’s second movement and crafted six others ...

DANBURY - In one of those wonderful accidents of scheduling, the Danbury Music Centre presented a performance of Johannes Brahms' "Ein Deutsches Requiem" in Ives Concert Hall on May 7, the very ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Brahms’ “A German Requiem” and Steven Mackey’s “Beautiful Passing” –- ...

NEW YORK — The New York concert season drawing to a close was more or less bookended by performances of Brahms’ “A German Requiem,” intended to set the work in broader contexts. In October, Lincoln ...

With the coronavirus pandemic raging and no public performances in the forseeable future, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen is streaming its acclaimed performance of Brahms' Requiem – free. April ...

“Blest are they who mourn, for they shall have comfort”. These words, forming the opening phrases of the Brahms’ Requiem, are taken from Matthew 5:4 and are part of the well-known and much-loved ...