Join Ars Musica Chorale and Adelphi Orchestra for a powerful performance of Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem). This work is widely considered to be Brahms’ most important composition, and it is certainly his most personal. Instead of using the traditional Latin text, Brahms sets passages from the German Luther bible. This work was written as a comfort to Brahms during a time when he lost his mother and longtime mentor, Robert Schumann. The texts focus on comfort to the mourning, rather than blessing of the dead. The opening chorus, “Selig sind, die da Leid tragen” (“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted”) is a far departure from the usual opening text of a requiem, “Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine” (“Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord”). Also featured are baritone and soprano solos, along with some traditional fugal passages. Join us for the epic masterwork!

James will be the baritone soloist in this performance.