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Kwame Ryan conducts his first concert as the Charlotte Symphony's Music Director this weekend at Belk Theatre in Charlotte. He and the orchestra, along with the Charlotte Master Chorale, will perform Johannes Brahms' beloved masterwork "A German Requiem." The composition has special significance for Ryan which is one of the reasons he wanted to put it on the program. He talks about why he has a personal connection to this masterpiece and about how much he is looking forward to performing with the CSO musicians on this episode of Piedmont Arts. Listen to the live broadcast of Brahms’ A German Requiem on WDAV

Dr. Steven Sametz, award-winning composer, conductor, & Ronald J. Ulrich Professor of Music at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, speaking about the spring concerts of Lehigh University Choral Arts, marking his retirement after 45 years. The program is titled, "I Have Had Singing," featuring the German Requiem by Brahms, and there will be two performances: Friday and Saturday, May 3 & 4 2024 at 8:00 each night, in Baker Hall at the Zoellner Arts Center on the Lehigh campus. www.stevensametz.com/ www.zoellner.cas.lehigh.edu/

Mike Joseph's mother petitions the Queen for help to recover her Nazi-plundered house from a resistant Germany. The Queen's response unlocks a wave of British government action, which escalates towards an international crisis. In this episode, a very personal family story becomes a highly political dispute. In this epic journey, Mike sets out to uncover his Holocaust inheritance, but is led relentlessly to discovering his Nakba inheritance. It turns out that the two different catastrophes are more connected than he thought possible. In 2023, can both stories be heard and understood?  With unique personal testimony, recordings, letters and memories by those who survived and those who did not, this challenging audio series is devised, dramatised and narrated by broadcaster Mike Joseph.  PLACE NAMES  When the place names in Keys get confusing, these notes will help. Mike's grandparents came from Galicia, a part of eastern Europe on no modern map. Today some of Galicia is southeast Poland, another part is western Ukraine. Galicia no longer exists.In the last century, many of Galicia's Jews, Ukrainians and Poles also ceased to exist, violently, as their province was repeatedly ruptured by the front lines of two World Wars, genocide and ethnic cleansing. Before 1918, Galicia was the Austro-Hungarian Empire's most eastern province. Its capital was Lemberg (German) = Lwów (Polish) = Lviv (Ukrainian).  Three names, but one city.Further south, Mike's grandfather grew up in Stanislau (German); left Stanislaviv (Ukrainian) in 1918 for a better life in Germany; deported back to Stanisławów (Polish) in 1938, which became Stanislaviv (Ukrainian) in 1939; killed in Stanislau (German) in 1941. Before Mike first visited that city in 1999, the Soviet Union renamed it Ivano-Frankovsk (Russian). Today the place where he found his grandfather's surviving colleagues and allies is called Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian).  Five names, but one city. Fatima Abu Salem grew up in the thriving Palestinian village of Burayr, at crossroads leading to Gaza, Hebron and Beersheba. Today a few ruins of Burayr are surrounded by the fields of kibbutz Bro'r Hayyil. Two names, but one place. Place names matter. How we name places reveals our own histories, identities and yearnings. CREDITS for this episode Testimony Testimony and commentary by Mike Joseph, Asha Phillips, James Stewart Interpreters and Translators Dina Brandt Alex Dunai Markus Hartmann Burkhardt Kolbmuller Svitlana Kovalyk Itamar Shapira Nadia Slobodyan Hannah Kleinfeld Atef Alshaer Images & music Mike Joseph Sami Abu Salem  Micha Wink  Lilli Gold, © 1998 USC Shoah Foundation. From the archive of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education  http://sfi.usc.edu/ Brahms, German Requiem, The Holden Consort Orchestra and Choir http://ml.cs.colorado.edu/~ben/Brahms/  Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license PRODUCTION Mike Joseph   Producer Zac Ware   Sound Editor Micha Wink   Keys Theme & Variations on a Bach Prelude in B minor  Pamela Koehne-Drube Audience and Web Advisor PRESENTERS Mike Joseph Asha Phillips CAST in programme order Christine Willison as Lilli Gold James Stewart as Robert Fellowes, voices of UK Foreign Office, Martin Gilbert, British Ambassador to Germany. 

What do you say to an old Nazi? With this question, Mike Joseph's daughter Asha opens an episode in which we hear what Mike does say when suddenly, in 1991 he encounters the Nazi who stole his mother's house fifty years earlier.  The old Nazi shouts him down. Then Mike finds that he is not the only voice in newly-reunited Germany refusing to return property stolen by the Nazis. In this epic journey, Mike sets out to uncover his Holocaust inheritance, but is led relentlessly to discovering his Nakba inheritance. It turns out that the two different catastrophes are more connected than he thought possible. In 2023, can both stories be heard and understood?  With unique personal testimony, recordings, letters and memories by those who survived and those who did not, this challenging audio series is devised, dramatised and narrated by broadcaster Mike Joseph.  CREDITS for this episode Testimony Testimony and commentary by Mike Joseph, Asha Phillips, James Stewart Interpreters and Translators Dina Brandt, Alex Dunai, Markus Hartmann, Burkhardt Kolbmuller, Svitlana Kovalyk, Itamar Shapira, Nadia Slobodyan, Hannah Kleinfeld, Atef Alshaer Images & music Lilli Gold, Mike Joseph, Holger Jackisch, Sami Abu Salem  Lilli Gold, © 1998 USC Shoah Foundation. From the archive of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education  http://sfi.usc.edu/ Dresden Bombing: Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1994-041-07, Dresden, zerstörtes Stadtzentrum.jpg   Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1994-041-07 / Unknown author / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5483604 Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. Foreign & Commonwealth Office main building.jpg, created: circa 2014 QS:P,+2014-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 Public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0. Klaus Kinkel: Tohma, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Helmut Kohl: © European Communities, 1996 / EC, Photo:  Christian Lambiotte Otto Lambsdorff: Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F046792-0029 / Wegmann, Ludwig / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons Hinrich Lehmann-Grube: Axel Hindemith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Brahms, German Requiem, The Holden Consort Orchestra and Choir http://ml.cs.colorado.edu/~ben/Brahms/  Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license PRODUCTION Mike Joseph - Producer, Zac Ware - Sound Editor, Micha Wink - Keys Theme & Variations on a Bach Prelude in B minor, Pamela Koehne-Drube - Audience and Web Advisor PRESENTERS Mike Joseph, Asha Phillips CAST in programme order Daniel Ratthei as Burkhardt Kolbmuller [German] Werner Bauer as Ralph Dippmann [German]  James Stewart as Ralph Dippmann [English]  Christel Stoecker-Danby voicing confiscation and conveyance to Dippmann [German], James Stewart [English] James Stewart as Holger Jackisch and voices of UK Foreign Office, Leipzig City Council and Federal German Government, Daily Telegraph Klaus Riekemann as Hinrich Lehmann-Grube and Christian Jacke Bruno Bubna-Kasteliz as Klaus Kinkel and Otto Lambsdorff  Christine Willison as Lilli Gold

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features Johannes Brahms' colossal "German Requiem," which may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38949]

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features Johannes Brahms' colossal "German Requiem," which may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38949]

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features Johannes Brahms' colossal "German Requiem," which may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38949]

Composer John Rutter's recommendation of a recording of Brahms's A German Requiem

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features Johannes Brahms' colossal "German Requiem," which may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. This concert also features the world premiere of "An Elemental Music," by composer and Nee Commission winner Alex Stephenson. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38417]

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features Johannes Brahms' colossal "German Requiem," which may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. This concert also features the world premiere of "An Elemental Music," by composer and Nee Commission winner Alex Stephenson. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38417]

The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus "Music of the Spheres" concert is conducted by Michael Gerdes, and features Johannes Brahms' colossal "German Requiem," which may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. This concert also features the world premiere of "An Elemental Music," by composer and Nee Commission winner Alex Stephenson. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 38417]

Dr. Rick Hoffenberg, Associate Professor & Co-Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre & Dance at Marywood University in Scranton, speaking about the German Requiem of Johannes Brahms before 2 performances by the Marywood University Concert Choir & the Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra. The 1st will take place on April 29, 2023, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre at 7:30 pm; the 2nd on April 30 at 2:00 pm in the Sette LaVerghetta Center on the Marywood campus. There is no admission fee. www.marywood/edu

The Bel Canto Chorus and the Kettle Moraine Symphony are performing the Brahms Requiem on May 21, 2023 at 3:00 pm. Get to know the text and learn the German pronunciation with these text explanation videos, one for each movement:https://www.germanwithnicole.com/blog/johannes-brahms-a-german-requiem-bel-canto-chorus ********Download your free A1-A2-B1 German Sentence Structure Guide:All the sentence structure you need at each level.5 pages of clear examples.Including English translations.Nicole Warner is Frau Warner of GermanWithNicole.com and is a German learner (certified level C2) and a certified instructor for German as a Foreign Language. She lived in Germany from 2003-2008 and has traveled widely in Germany. Frau Warner has helped people learn to communicate in German since 2010.GermanWithNicole.com - Your anchor on the stormy seas of German learning.™Music: Bonnie Ship the Diamond by Tim Beek

On Good Friday, 1867, a complete version of Johannes Brahms' “German Requiem” premiered at Bremen Cathedral. Brahms obviously found consolation in the Bible, though he rejected its fundamental message.

The Houston Chamber Choir performs Brahms's German Requiem

Ep. 43 – It is Good Friday, April 10, 1868 in Bremen and Brahms has just finished giving the premiere of his German Requiem. It is a complete triumph but one not celebrated with wild applause, the work is too grave for that. Instead, attendees of the premiere listened with glad hearts and in reverence, awe really of the work's creator. Thus, Johannes Brahms became an internationally recognized composer of considerable importance and some measure of celebrity. Works heard in this episode (all by Brahms): -Requiem mvt. 4 "How Lovely is They Dwelling Place" mvt. 5 "And Ye Now are Sorrowful"  -Wiegenlied op. 49 no. 4 -Botschaft op. 47 no. 1 -Hungarian dance 1-10 ----------------- Subscribe on iTunes and give us a 5-star review! Share with your friends! download our app! Visit and like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/?ref=bookmarks  

In this episode, we’re finishing up our 3-episode series on the great Johannes Brahms. We learned in our last episode about Brahms’s entertaining and well-known Hungarian Dances. They were often lively, exciting and fun.  In today’s episode, we’re talking about one of Brahms’s more “serious” works — something written because of his grief over losing a dear friend and his beloved mother. Links Mentioned in this Episode: Episode 44: The Life of Johannes Brahms Episode 45: The Hungarian Dances Musical Samples You’ll Hear in this Episode: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem – 1. Selig sind – YouTube J. Brahms: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45) – YouTube Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem – 7. Selig sind die Toten – YouTube   Music Listening Schedule for Episode 46 I’ve created a YouTube playlist for you with a few selections from Brahms’s famous requiem. Check it out here. Subscribe & Review in iTunes Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you’re not, head on over to do that today so you don’t miss an episode. Click here to subscribe in iTunes! If you’re feeling extra magnanimous, I would be really grateful if you left a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other families find my podcast learn more about music. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what you love about Busy Kids Love Music. Thanks!

Ep 42(b) - It is early 1865. Brahms's mother has just passed away. Filled with emotion he grudgingly moves from winter to spring, entering a long period of deep and private mourning during which he would retreat into himself for a time in order to gather his thoughts and energies, and orient them toward a grand act of artistic creation in which he would immortalize his beloved mother and through which his artist soul would be elevated and ennobled and made pure.  ----------------- Subscribe on iTunes and give us a 5-star review! Share with your friends! download our app! Visit and like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/?ref=bookmarks Works heard in this episode (all by Brahms): Horn Trio in E-flat mvt. 3 - Adagio Mesto mvt. 1 - Andante mvt. 2 - Scherzo (Allegro) mvt. 4 - Allegro con brio German Requiem pt. 1 "Blessed are they that Mourn" (In English translation!)

A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: ''Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift'') by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest composition. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is a Requiem in the German language. CMD German Opera Company of Berlin ​Conducted by Sylvia Wagner Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p476/Brahms%3A_A_German_Requiem%2C_to_Words_of_the_Holy_Scriptures%2C_Op._45.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

Clarinetist Robert Woolfrey talks about finding peace in Brahms’s German Requiem and its power to connect the past with the present.Featured MusicBrahms - German Requiem2. For all flesh is as grassThe Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, conductorRecorded live in Severance Hall on October of 2009The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.

Always With Christ is pleased to present a series of meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ, which He spoke forth from His Cross. Each of these meditations is given by one of the clergymen of the parishes in Virginia of the Diocese Central States of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Meditation 1: "Father Forgive Them," Fr. Bart Gingerich, Rector, St. Jude's, Richmond Meditation 2: "Today, You Will Be With Me," Dcn. Bill Barto, Holy Trinity, Fairfax Meditation 3: "Woman, Behold Your Son," Fr. Damien Grout, Rector, St. Andrew's, Appomattox Meditation 4: "My God, my God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me," Dr. Eric Parker, Rector, St. Paul's, Lexington Meditation 5: "I Thirst," Fr. Josiah Jones, Rector, Holy Trinity, Fairfax Meditation 6: "It is Finished," Fr. Davidson Morse, Rector, All Saints, Lynchburg Meditation 7: "Father, Into Thy Hand I Commend My Spirit," Ven. Scott Thompson, Archdeacon, Diocese Central States The Music is Johannes Brahms, "A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures," as recorded by the university of Chicago Orchestra. Used with permission. https://musopen.org/music/43152-a-german-requiem-op-45/

To mark Armistice Day, Marin Alsop will be conducting Brahms's A German Requiem this weekend, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and in a break from tradition, she will be introducing the work from the podium. Marin discusses the reasons behind this move, and also reveals the various ways in which this requiem also broke from tradition.Russell Howard makes comedy out of political issues such as the tampon tax, junior doctors and the housing crisis, and is hugely successful with younger audiences who watch him on TV, social media and in his sell-out stand-up world tours. The comedian discusses his show, The Russell Howard Hour, how much he wants to politically engage his audience, and finding the funny in what can be bleak political times. A whinge – that's the collective noun for a group of cartoonists, and this evening a whinge of some of the best-known, including Steve Bell of the Guardian, Matt of the Daily Telegraph and Banx of the FT, will gather to judge the Young Cartoonist of the Year Competition. But with newspaper circulation in decline and, conversely, the appetite of the internet for images, what is the outlook for those young winners? Tim Benson, editor of Britain's Best Political Cartoons, 2018, and the cartoonist Andy Davey discuss the future of the political cartoon in the digital age.Presenter Nikki Bedi Producer Rebecca Armstrong

Pianist Arlene Shrut, soprano and UNC Charlotte faculty member Alissa Deeter, and baritone Dennis Jesse visit WDAV to talk about the world premiere of a new work by composer Jocelyn Hagen as part of the program "Requiem of Solace." "Requiem of Solace" also features the performance of A German Requiem with four-hand accompaniment, which is the first product of Shrut’s Sustainable Symphony Project . Requiem of Solace at UNC Charlotte --> Program Flower of the Field from Songs of Fields and Prairies Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano Call of the Open  from Songs of Fields and Prairies Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano In My Soul  solo from "Facets" Dennis Jesse, baritone Arlene Shrut, piano Everything  soprano solo from "Facets" Alissa Deeter, soprano Arlene Shrut, piano

Seventy-five years ago nearly 34,000 Jews were murdered at Babyn Yar over a two-day period on September 29th and 30th 1941. The location has become a poignant symbol of what is known as The Holocaust by Bullets. Some 1.5 million Jews were shot to death on the territory of what is now Ukraine in this particular aspect of the Holocaust.The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, or UJE, presented a very much-anticipated program commemorating this 75th anniversary of Babyn Yar.The program, held in Kyiv from September 23rd to 29th this year, featured four distinct projects. There was a public symposium, which included the introduction of a groundbreaking book on Babyn Yar; a student conference; a landscape design competition; and a memorial concert.The effort took years of planning and was widely applauded both in Ukraine and abroad. The UJE worked with the World Jewish Congress, Ukraine’s government, and other Ukrainian Jewish and diaspora organizations to plan and present its program.UJE board member Paul Robert Magocsi, who along with his colleague Adrian Karatnycky spearheaded the program, noted, “Our goal was to turn the attention of Ukrainians and the world community to Babyn Yar and to show it is a very important symbol of a mass tragedy of the 20th century,”A special feature of the public symposium was the presentation of the newly published book Babyn Yar: History and Memory. The book, published both in English and Ukrainian, presents essays written by ten authors, including several symposium participants. They looked at the treatment of Babyn Yar in art, culture, and literature.Dr. Vladislav Hrynevych, who co-edited the book with Dr. Magocsi, said, “This book is not about death but about life, and about the battle for memory about Babyn Yar. It also raises the question of what is the future of Babyn Yar. How is it to be organized?”Nearly two hundred young people from all over the world attended the youth conference. The conference coordinator, Dr. Ihor Shchupak of Dnipro’s Tkumah Institute for Holocaust Studies, said. “We were able to get away from national egoism. We remembered that our country was touched by three genocides: the Holodomor, the Holocaust, and the deportation of Crimean Tatars. We also talked about the Holocaust against the backdrop of the contemporary Russian-Ukrainian war. We understood there is no such thing as someone else's pain.”Another highlight of the week was the presentation of winning entries of an international landscape competition sponsored by the UJE as a first step in the expected creation of a necropolis at Babyn Yar.There was no first-place award as the jury did not feel any of the entries fulfilled all its requirements. However, Vitaliy Nakhmanovych, one of Ukraine’s leading Babyn Yar historians who oversaw the competition, said the two second-place winners and a third-place winner provided a promising foundation for the creation of a memorial park at Babyn Yar.The UJE board chairman James C. Temerty presented the competition winners with awards.The commemorative week concluded with a memorial concert, which featured the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the renowned Ukrainian Dumka Chorus, and international opera stars, including Pavlo Hunka of England. Ukraine native Oksana Lyniv, who currently works with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, was conductor and the opera director Annechien Koerselman of the Netherlands staged the powerful performance.Approximately 160 people were involved in the performances of Max Bruch’s prayful Kol Nidrei; the Kaddish-Requiem by Yevhen Stankovych, based on the poems of the Ukrainian writer Dmytro Pavlychko; and A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms.Amidst all these events, one distinguished visitor to Kyiv was World Jewish Congress... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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How Brahms' German Requiem, written as a tribute to his mother and designed to comfort the grieving, has touched and changed peoples lives. Stuart Perkins describes how the piece arrived at the right time in his life, after the death of his aunt. Axel Körner, Professor of Modern History at University College London, explains the genesis of the work and how the deaths of Brahms' friends and family contributed to the emotional power of the piece. Daniel Malis and Danica Buckley recall how the piece enabled them to cope with the trauma of the Boston marathon bombings. Simon Halsey, Chief Conductor of the Berlin Radio Choir, explores how Brahms' experience as a church musician enabled him to distil hundreds of years of musical history into this dramatic choral work. For Imani Mosley, the piece helped her through a traumatic time in hospital. Rosemary Sales sought solace in the physical power of Brahms' music after the death of her son. And June Noble recounts how the piece helped her find her voice and make her peace with her parents. Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

Jeremy Summerly with a personal recommendation from recordings of Brahms' German Requiem

Here's a hint: wisdom and comfort auf deutsch… or, not just any old funeral dirge

Here’s a hint: wisdom and comfort auf deutsch… or, not just any old funeral dirge

For the first time in history, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus presents the “German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms. For this very personal work, Brahms adapted texts which did not follow the traditional form of the Requiem, and in doing so, created one of the most moving choral compositions in the literature. Anthony McSpadden spoke with conductor JoAnn Falletta about performing this masterpiece.