Name: Brahms: Choral Works
Start: 2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Het Concertgebouw

Organization

Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Others

Monteverdi Choir

Orchestra

Philharmonie Luxembourg

Concertgebouworkest

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras

þýska

Brahms: Choral Works

Luxembourg

Philharmonie

Grand Auditorium

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Het Concertgebouw

Brahms: Choral Works: Nänie (+7 More)

Public

Nänie

Five Songs, op. 41

Song of the Fates, op. 89

Four Songs, op. 17

Five Songs, op. 104

13 Canons, Op. 113

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Soprano

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Bass

Tenor

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Art of Conducting with Sir John Eliot Gardiner produced by Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.

​In October 2022, the Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot Gardiner joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra for a programme of choral works by Brahms. The Concertgebouw Orchestra also performed Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra performed Dvorák’s Symphony No. 5.

Brahms: Choral Works

Nänie, op. 82
Ich schwing mein Horn, op. 41 nr. 1
Fünf Gesänge, op. 104
Vier Gesänge, op. 17
Gesang der Parzen, op. 89
Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang
Nachtwache 1
Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram

Robert Schumann urged the 20-year-old Johannes Brahms to direct his magic wand ‘where the power of the masses in chorus and orchestra may lend him strength’. John Eliot Gardiner’s approach to Brahms’s symphonies, placing them alongside the composer’s earlier choral works, casts fresh light on the works and reminds us of the intrinsic vocality of his writing for orchestra.

The opening of Nänie has been described as the most radiant music Brahms ever wrote: a tender oboe melody ushers in the graceful canonic entries of the voices to the words ‘Behold, the gods weep, all the goddesses weep / that beauty fades, that perfection dies’. The piece is a setting of a poem by Friedrich Schiller, referring to characters from Greek mythology: Orpheus mourning his lost Eurydice; Aphrodite, whose lover Adonis was killed while hunting; and Thetis, who failed to save her son Achilles from death. Brahms wrote it in response to the death of his friend, the painter Anselm Feuerbach.

Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates) sets a ballad by Goethe, with music of the most advanced harmony alongside unmistakeable allusions to the earlier German composers Brahms admired, such as Bach.

The programme also includes unaccompanied works for choir and the magical Vier Gesänge, Op.17, for women’s voices, two horns and harp.

English

Brahms: Choral Works by Brahms, Frá (2022/2022), Hljómsveitarstjóri John Eliot Gardiner, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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