Organization

Singer

Soprano

Mari Eriksmoen

Baritone

Matthias Goerne

Conductor

Paavo Järvi

Orchestra

Munich Philharmonic

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Philharmonischer Chor München

Johannes Brahms

Munich

Germany

Münchner Philharmoniker

Johannes Brahms: Concert Various

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"A German Requiem" by Johannes Brahms protrudes from the musical landscape of the 19th century as an unprecedented monolith. The selection of texts in German alone breaks with the traditional form of the liturgical mass for the dead. There are also only a few references to the genre of the oratorio. But what makes the work of Brahms so unique above all other things is his mental attitude. While the Catholic Requiem asks for the salvation of the deceased and the Protestant funeral music sing about the resurrection of the dead with joyful confidence, the focus here is on the bereaved. Brahms devotes all his attention to her grief and pain. "I have completed my funeral music as a soul award for those who suffer," said Brahms and thus shaped a new,

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