MARLBORO-The Brattleboro Concert Choir performs Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem.
There will be two concerts: Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m., at Persons Auditorium on Potash Hill in Marlboro.
“The Concert Choir is deeply committed to a high level of musical beauty, emotional expression, and community connection, and this piece reflects that commitment,” says Music Director Jonathan Harvey.“Brahms’s Requiem is one of the most beloved pieces in the choral repertoire, and for good reason. It deftly and tenderly takes listeners on a journey grappling with the aftermath of death.”
Most pieces called “requiem” honor those who have passed away, but Brahms took a different path as he wrote this work which focuses on the living, those left behind, and how we can move forward with loss.
Harvey notes, “In this time, Brahms’s Requiem is a deeply moving and cathartic way for all of us, performers and audience alike, to wrestle with losses of many kinds. The human facts of the transience of life, the need for comfort, the hope for resolution, and the rewards of effort are all here, to inspire and console us today.”
Tickets are $20 in advance ($25 at the door), $10 for youths, and free for ages 12 and under. They are available at bmcvt.org, 802-257-4523, and info@bmcvt.org.
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