Ich höre das mit Tränen in den Augen. Besonders das Stück „Selig sind, die da leit tragen“ Das hatte sich mein im letzten Jahr verstorbener Vater für seine Einäscherung ausgesucht.....
Oh, wie unendlich traurig! Mein Vater ist kürzlich verstorben. Er hat immer klassische Musik gehört und die kann ich im Moment gar nicht hören, besonders das, was er früher immer gehört hat.
I am a Jesuit priest. While writing the funeral homily for the Jesuit whose impact on my life can never be overestimated, indeed it was second only to my dad's who had been for over forty years at that point, I was struggling to put thoughts on paper. Had this playing as I wrote. At the middle of part VI "Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?" I lost it completely, sobbing at my desk for twenty minutes. And then the homily wrote itself. It will be ten years in November since George died. I still can't hear this chorus without tears. The only change is that they are no longer tears of grief but of gratitude and great joy.
@Raphael John Stoll Thank you. George died in 2013 but the memory of writing the homily has become one of comfort. He was ill, over 80, and failing fast. Death was a mercy. The memories of all I learned from him between 1992 and 2013 are a source of great joy.
It's astounding how powerful the union between music and the Word is, because so many times, what human words can't describe, music conveys that. May God rest the soul of our brother in the faith.
Having appreciated this work for many decades and finally having sung it not too long ago, I can fully understand what this Jesuit priest experienced in listening to that sixth part as he wrote his homily. And in subsequent listenings to this requiem (and, it is hoped, performances) before I cash in my own chips, I will bring his experience to mine. Thanks for pointing the way.
I have sung in this work on quite a few occasions. It always stirs me to the core of my senses. I retain the feeling that it is consciously Protestant, perhaps in response to other Requiems that are notably Catholic in nature. But at the end of our lives, as we face the certainty of eternity, is there time to debate such niceties? All we can do is cast ourselves on the mercy of our God and hope for his Mercy. But to be be honest, the majesty and awe inspirited by the Verdi. Requiem is hard to dismiss as just bombast. Certainly it is 'in your face', but there are many subtleties too that all too often escape attention. Operatic in style? But then Verdi was supremely an opera composer. And is not a requiem the supreme expression of the end of a life? But of all requiems, I lean towards that of Fauré which, in its gentle approach to the final test, expresses out hopes for a hereafter that is calm and tranquilly attained. I sang this once in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin - Ireland - as one of two basses in a choir of small proportion. As a singer the experience was transcendent.
This work was one of my wifes first experiences with classical music - she had known i had a deep love of classical and that i play the piano and we went once to a concert of Beethoven's 4th symphony. she loved it. Not long after her father, after a long illness, passed away and hurt her deeply. A few months later the local symphony and chorus announced a performance of the Brahms Requiem. I had explained to her what a requiem was and gave some examples of Mozart and Durufle. She wanted to go to the Brahms Requiem. I told her the background of how Brahms discarded the traditional latin text, and instead replaced it with texts from the german bible, and that he had said he wrote it for those who were left behind to cope with their loss, and that it was entirely in german. Monitors were around the concert hall to give the translation in english. the first beats of the opening movement started at at 1:51 here, where the chorus enteres saying (in english) "blessed are those who mourn..." she burst into tears and cried silently. she was enraptured by the entire work, especially the 4th movement. She said after the concert how she felt so peaceful and relieved, and i said "THAT is what Brahms intended". she now loves Brahms and cant wait to go to another concert of his music.
I am a viola played theRequiem a month ago. It has always been one of my most-beloved works. I had the same reaction as did your wife; it always moves me!
Thanks for sharing. Try Richard Strauss's 4 Last songs. Reni Flemings version is my favourite ruclips.net/video/ppoqUVlKkBU/видео.html&ab_channel=Gabba02
Es weinte in mir - diese Musik hat mich so tief berührt, dass ich wusste: Mit dieser Musik kann man keine Kriege führen! Ihr Herrschende dieser schönen Erde: Hört sie bitte mit Herz und Seele an!!!
Haben sich nicht gerade sie Deutschen lange nach der Uraufführung gleich zweimal aufgeschwungen um die Welt in Schutt und Asche zu legen? Auch Tristan&Isolde widerlegen jegliche kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen, und obwohl der Herr Anstreicher aus Braunau Wagner vergötterte, sind die größten Verbrechen des 20ten Jahrhunderts auf seinem Mist gewachsen. Musik verhindert weder Dummheit noch Gewalt.
Wunderschön. Ich habe es schon mitgesungen und singe es wieder. Und dieses wunderbare Stück Musik ist daran "schuld", dass ich jederzeit Rockmusik und andere Stile gegen Klassik eintauschen würde. Jederzeit. Und es toll ist, seine Gefühle da hereinlegen zu können.
All of Brahms' genius is encapsulated in this work. His use of the chorus; his mastery of the orchestra; his amazing melodies; his deep sense of occasion. It is all there.
Das Stück selbst ist ja bereits eine Wucht, aber der Chor ist hier wirklich besonders herausragend! Und wunderbar begleitet von einem vorzüglichen Orchester. Meiner Meinung nach ist das hier eine der besten Aufnahmen dieses Stücks auf RUclips
Eine in jeder Hinsicht - Interpretation, Besetzung und klangliche Darstellung - eindrucksvoll-intensive und bewegende Aufführung des wundervollen Werkes von Johannes Brahms. Dafür allen Mitwirkenden großen Dank und höchsten Respekt!
Vor 55 Jahren habe ich dies selbst gesungen, im Dom zu Wetzlar, eines der großartigsten Erlebnisse meines Lebens - für immer dankbar dafür.... Einfach grandios....
I played this piece in concert the day after I found out a friend of mine from a community band had passed away. The text and music was extremely moving for me that day. Sublime playing, thank you for sharing.
I 0:44 Selig sind, die da Leid tragen II 12:05 Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras III 27:08 Herr, lehre doch mich IV 37:06 Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen V 42:36 Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit VI 49:29 Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt VII 1:00:49 Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben
How lovely are your ‘apartments’ Google??!! I think ‘dwelling places’ in this Requiem and the Bible cannot translate to ‘apartments’!! ‘Homes’ might be a bit better.
Ich liebe Brahms`sche Musik, gerade in Zeiten wie diesen, die wir jetzt gerade haben. Corona u. a. Krankheiten, Kriege, Verbrechen... Die Musik ist samt dem TEXT SO TRÖSTEND!
Simply wonderful, this is, in my opinion, the best performance of the German Requiam ever.. What a great orchestra, what great soloists, what a choir, simply one of the best in the world, and of course who but the great conductor ... and of course to the composer of the piece Brahms who wrote a genius piece.
Muziek om nooit te vergeten. Zo wonderschone harmonische klanken. Deze muziek zorgt bij mij voor totale ontspanning. Het koor, soms vlijend klinkend en dan weer luid en monumentaal is een genot om te horen.
@@elgar104It is all his creation, but we are sinners perpetuating the suffering of ourselves. It is our choice to give thanks or remain in despair. Thanks be to God, for blessed are the weak and sick. Amen. And may God bless you! ❤️
@BillyTheMilkMan the idea of inherited sin from ancestors is backward and immoral. A baby born with cancer is not a sinner and certainly doesn't deserve to be cursed because of anything their ancestors may have done.
@@elgar104 Exactly, everybody is deserving of a good life and good health. We have a responsibility of each other, regardless of creed or religion. Why is it that we continue to develop harmful chemicals, radiation and foods that continue/enhance the cancer cells that propagate in our bodies? The garden of Eden was a utopia free from all these things, and when we rebelled with the knowledge of manufacturing this reality we destined ourselves to face the consequences, but there is good news. God himself sent his very own son to tell us that he has a plan to free us from that pain and suffering. We must have faith that things will get better, that a beautiful utopia free from this is possible, and through our works we may strive towards it for our children. The idea of sin is semantic, you may call it other things. I hope this makes sense and finds you well.
J'ai 58 ans, c'est la première fois que j'entends ce requiem de Brahms, hé oui tout arrive dans la vie, je n'ai pas de mots assez fort pour vous décrire ce que je ressens, c'est divin. Merci Sinfonierorchester MDR-Rundfunkchor. Merci au chef d'orchestre, merci aux musiciens, aux chanteurs.
This music is just fantastic! So wonderfully played and directed! I thank this channel so much for this and for having a chance to listen music without terrible interruptions from advertising! My deep gratitude!!!
I just sang this in Bethlehem Pennsylvania USA under the direction of Steven Sametz his last concert . He created a community choir and we sang it as his sending off into his retirement. The performance is so much more than a Performance. It is a communion of hearts and souls of everyone on the stage lead by Doc Sametz who makes it happen. I look forward to doing this again someday.
Wow, schon zig-mal angehört. Christiane Karg ist einfach herausragend.... ohne die anderen weniger zu würdigen! hr-Sinfonieorchester-Konzerte bzw. -Aufnahmen sind einfach TOP! ✌
In 3 weeks I will be singing this master piece as a tenor with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music to sing. It is very challenging but it is a true treasur! Lovely performance! It makes you melt inside as you sing it
So true. I also had the good fortune to sing this masterpiece as a soprano - indeed, a challenge (quite high for sopranos almost throughout, which I like), and absolutely wonderful to perform.
At 1:02:36 in the Selig sind die toten, whenever the words "von nun" are sung I get goosebumps without fail. Something about that chord change is just so immaculate.
How many listeners, I wonder, notice that the wonderfully deep, somber timbre of the opening movement comes from the fact that the violins-all the violins-are silent, as if mourning, throughout that one part. Then, their brighter, a bit drier, tones yield the higher voices of the second movement, particularly starting with the phrase, "Das Gras ist verdorret und die Blume abgefallen. So seid nun geduldig, lieben Brüder..." _The grass is withered and the flower fallen away. Therefore, be patient, dear brethren..._
When I read "All flesh is grass" immediately I think of the terrible war going on next door and all the suffering of pretty much everybody at this time the world lives in. I dont understand how we as humans do something like what they are doing right now in the war. On the other hand when I read comments here and other you tube music. Their is something deeper in all of us. What unites as in a loving and peaceful way. Maybe I dont trust in God enough or maybe their is no God. But their is good and evil.
During my 70 years of choral singing I've sung this several times--in English, in German, with organ, with orchestra, in churches medium sized and large, in great concert halls--and, God willing, I'll get to sing it in my next life. I love Bach and all the others, but this piece has a sublimity achieved by no other work that I know. Thank you for another beautiful performance.
Jody, you will sing Brahms again in your next life and in lovely German. I read and speak German, learned in my church service there in 1961-64, I Bring that deep affection to German literature and music. God Bless/Larry
Ich liege mit Fieber und Corona im Bett und höre zum wiederholten Male dieses Requiem. Diese Harmonien berühren zu tiefst und eröffnen die Sinne für das Transzendente. Komm, Trost der Welt.
Wow! what a stunning performance. I too sang this many years ago in college. I remember our conductor while introducing this piece to us said if ever there was a piece of music that will have an everlasting effect on your life this is it. And how true. Fifty years later I am still in awe of this music. I am listening to this while at home under the covid19 quarantine . How appropriate this requiem is now as I think of all the souls that have been lost to this viscous pandemic. May they all rest in peace , and may this music give peace to their families forever.
I also sang along with this work. It's been 20 years. It was in "Neuengamme" near Hamburg. The Nazis killed many innocent people there. That was a very special moment for me. God bless you ! Greetings from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in Germany
Wow! David Zinman was the conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic while I was at Eastman circa 1984-1986 and we sang a rehearsal with the RPO of the Cosi fan tutte finale of Act 1. A great experience and a very compelling conductor. What an amazing thing to see him here 30+ years later, and to think I sang in the Alte Oper a couple of times as a soloist. What a great hall!
First time I heard this was july 5, 1985. Having just hooked up my very first CD player, it was the first CD I purchased and played. I was listening to it when the phone rang-my sister-to tell me that my father had just passed away! What a way to be introduced to such a beautiful piece. I'm Jewish, but no matter. The piece lives with me forever.
@@rsjmd I first listened to it on my father's record player, in 1988-89, and it is also the first CD I purchased (years before I even owned a CD player), and the first CD I played when I finally did purchase one! Kindred spirit : )
Arguably the most beautiful piece of choral music ever. I was fortunate enough to sing this on stage with a full orchestra earlier this year after only nine rehearsals, first time in 22 years singing in a choir. This performance by these incredible musicians of Frankfurt were indispensable to my learning of the music and diction. God bless this piece and all those that perform it 💚
I plan to have the 2nd movement played at my celebration of life which, I hope, is many years from now. This music is simply stunning. So many moods and aspects of the end of life.
These singers and violinists are TRUE artists! My friend gave me these to check out-- I sand in the school choir through school & I forgot how TRULY beautiful this music is! I myself, listen to Gospel music and yeah, I was a classic rock fan but now..I'm wondering why. I gave up this wonderful music. 🎶 Thanks for sharing this. God bless you
I too sang Ein deutsches Requiem in a choir when I was in my early 20s. We performed it as a concert at a Unitarian Universalist church in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was back around 1975. I sang the tenor part. It was one of the high points of my young life. I have never forgotten. I come back to this over and over and over.
Herzlichen Dank an jede/-n Mitwirkende/-n dieser grandiosen Aufführung! Sie berührt mich von allen gehörten bzw. gesehenen RUclips-Versionen am meisten! Die Darbietung ist so ausgewogen, ausdrucksstark und präzise, dass es sich für mich einfach überwältigend anfühlt, Musik intravenös! Mehr geht nicht! Ich habe dieses Werk selbst mitgesungen und behaupte, dass man emotional und spirituell nicht mehr derselbe Mensch ist wie vorher. Es kommen Dimensionen der Spiritualität, der Betrachtung, des Erlebens und der Verarbeitung hinzu, die ich als wertvolleres Geschenk bewahre als jeden materiellen Reichtum dieser Welt.
This is comfortable to the ear and to the mind, and will quench and moisturize the dryness o the soul Listening to Brahms, worries of the mundane world disappear
"Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras ..." diese Bilder aus dem AT und dann die Musik ... tragisch und erhebend zugleich. Grade dieser Teil klingt in mir nach ....
Zuerst habe ich gedacht: mit Krückstock, oh je! Beim Hören allerdings wünschte ich mir immer mehr, dieses Werk wenigstens einmal auch unter Zinman mitsingen zu dürfen. Ein großartiger Musikgestalter!
Ich liebe es.....so eine grandiose Botschaft ! Wir alle sind vergänglich...und doch gibt es diese Hoffnung auf Ewiges Leben bei Gott in der Herrlichkeit....
My choir at Nortwestern participated in this with the Chicano Symphony under Bruno Walter . I cannot believe it to this day. I cannot forget his beautiful and gentle face.
I sang this in the Fleishmann Choir in Cork, Ireland about 15 years ago or more and I know every line. It's so beautiful and is almost unworldly. For me its the nearest thing to heavenly music I will hear on earth. The final movement is redolent of the ascent at the end. I am forever grateful to the wonderful Dr. Geoffrey Spratt for introducing the Requiem to the choir. I missed the opportunity to sing it again in 2018. Lucky choir. This particular version is one of the most perfect renditions I have heard. Very well done to the Orchestra, Choir and the man who makes it all happen, the conductor. The work that goes into a performance like this is immense.
Did you join the choir in travelling to Cologne in 2013 to perform Tippett's "A child of our Time"? That concert was my debut in the Cologne Philharmonic Hall - I was the "narrator"...
For once the tenors are loud enough. I still think the sopranos are a bit too loud, drowning out some gorgeous strings in parts. Could be mic placement and mixing.
This is a great rendition. Brahms is masterful in the operatic sweep and the lush melodies throughout. The soprano is ideal --- could not have been sweeter, more delicate, or more lyrical. Expressive musically with understated stage presence.
*Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)* *Ein deutsches Requiem,* *Op. 45 (1861, 1865-66, 1868)* _A German Requiem to Words of Holy Scripture_ 🔸 1️⃣ *Chorus* _[1]_ 00:44 I. _Ziemlich langsam und mit Ausdruck_ *Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getröstet werden* _Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted_ _• Matthew 5:4_ _[2]_ 04:00 _[m 45]_ *Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Freuden ernten. Sie gehen hin und weinen und tragen edlen Samen, und kommen mit Freuden* *und bringen ihre Garben* _They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Go forth and cry, bearing precious seed, and come with_ _joy bearing their sheaves_ _• Psalm 126:5-6_ _[3]_ 07:28 _[m 96]_ *Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getröstet werden* _Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted_ _• Matthew 5:4_ 🔸 2️⃣ *Chorus* _[4]_ 12:05 II. _Langsam, marschmäßig_ *Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras* *und alle Herrlichkeit des Menschen wie* *des Grases Blumen. Das Gras ist verdorret* *und die Blume abgefallen.* _For all flesh is as grass, and the glory_ _of man like flowers. The grass withers_ _and the flower falls._ _• 1 Peter 1:24 (quoting Isaiah 40:6-7)_ _[5]_ 16:15 _[m 74 (C)]_ *So seid nun geduldig, lieben Brüder, bis auf* *die Zukunft des Herrn. Siehe, ein Ackermann* *wartet auf die köstliche Frucht der Erde* *und ist geduldig darüber, bis er empfahe* *den Morgenregen und Abendregen.* _Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the_ _coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits_ _for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient_ _over it until it receives the early and the late rain._ _• James 5:7_ _[6]_ 21:50 _[m 198 (H)]_ *Aber des Herrn Wort bleibet in Ewigkeit* _But the word of the Lord abides forever_ _• 1 Peter 1:25 (quoting Isaiah 40:8)_ _[7]_ 22:14 _[m 206]_ *Die Erlöseten des Herrn werden wieder* *kommen und gen Zion kommen mit Jauchzen;* *ewige Freude wird über ihrem Haupte sein;* *Freude und Wonne werden sie ergreifen und* *Schmerz und Seufzen wird weg müssen* _The ransomed of the Lord shall return,_ _and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy_ _shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain_ _joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall_ _flee away._ _• Isaiah 35:10_ 🔸3️⃣ *Baritone Solo & Chorus* _[8]_ 27:10 III. _Andante moderato_ *Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende mit mir* *haben muß und mein Leben ein Ziel hat,* *und ich davon muß. Siehe, meine Tage* *sind einer Hand breit vor dir, und mein Leben* *ist wie nichts vor dir.* _Lord, let me know my end, and what is the_ _measure of my days; let me know how fleeting_ _my life is. Behold, thou hast made my days_ _a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight._ _[9]_ 30:47 _[m 105]_ *Ach wie gar nichts sind alle Menschen* *die doch so sicher leben.* *Sie gehen daher wie ein Schemen,* *und machen ihnen viel vergebliche Unruhe;* *sie sammeln und wissen nicht wer es kriegen wird.* _My lifetime is as nothing in thy sight._ _Surely every man stands as a mere breath!_ _Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for_ _nought are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and_ _knows not who will gather!_ _[10]_ 32:20 [m 140] *Nun Herr, wes soll ich mich trösten?* _And now, Lord, for what do I wait?_ _[11]_ 33:28 [m 163] *Ich hoffe auf dich* _My hope is in you_ _• Psalm 39:4-7_ _[12]_ 34:05 [m 173] *Der Gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand* *und keine Qual rühret sie an.* _The souls of the righteous are in the hand of_ _God, and no torment will ever touch them._ _• Wisdom of Solomon 3:1_ 🔸 4️⃣ *Chorus* _[13]_ 37:07 IV. _Mäßig bewegt_ *Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen,* *Herr Zebaoth!* _How lovely is your dwelling place,_ _O Lord of hosts!_ _[14]_ 38:23 [m 43] *Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich* *nach den Vorhöfen des Herrn;* *mein Leib und Seele freuen sich* *in dem lebendigen Gott.* _My soul longs, yea, faints, for the courts of_ _the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for_ _joy to the living God._ _[15]_ 40:16 [m 108] *Wohl denen, die in deinem Hause wohnen,* _Blessed are those who dwell in thy house,_ _[16]_ 40:43 _[m 123]_ *die loben dich immerdar!* _ever singing thy praise!_ _• Psalm 84:1, 2, 4_ 🔸 5️⃣ *Soprano Solo & Chorus* _[17]_ 42:39 V. _Langsam_ *Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit; aber* _So you have sorrow now,_ _[18]_ 43:54 _[m 16]_ *ich will euch wieder sehen* *und euer Herz soll sich freuen,* *und eure Freude soll niemand von* *euch nehmen.* _but I will see you again and your hearts_ _will rejoice, and no one will take your_ _joy from you._ _• John 16:22_ *Ich will euch trösten, wie einen seine* *Mutter tröstet* _I will console you, as one is_ _consoled by his mother_ _• Isaiah 66:13_ _[19]_ 44:41 _[m 27 (B)]_ *Sehet mich an: ich habe eine kleine Zeit Mühe und Arbeit gehabt und habe großen Trost funden* _See with your own eyes that I have labored_ _but little and found for myself_ _much serenity._ _• Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 51: 27_ _[20]_ 46:25 [m 49 (D)] _(Repetition of John 16:22 & Isaiah 66:13)_ 🔸 6️⃣ *Baritone Solo & Chorus* _[21]_ 49:29 VI. _Andante_ *Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt,* *sondern die zukünftige suchen wir.* _For here we have no lasting city,_ _but we seek the city which is to come._ _• Hebrews 13:14_ _[22]_ 50:38 _[m 28 (A)]_ *Siehe, ich sage euch ein Geheimnis.* *Wir werden nicht alle entschlafen,* *wir werden aber alle verwandelt werden;* *und dasselbige plötzlich, in einem Augenblick,* *zu der Zeit der letzte Posaune.* _Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet._ _[23]_ 52:36 [m 80] *Denn es wird die Posaune schallen, und* *die Toten werden auferstehen* *unverweslich, und wir werden verwandelt werden.* _For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will_ _be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed._ _[24]_ 53:13 [m 109] *Dann wird erfüllet werden das Wort, das* *geschrieben steht:* _Then shall come to pass the saying that is written:_ _[25]_ 53:39 _[m 127]_ *Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg. Tod, wo* *ist dein Stachel? Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?* _”Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death,_ _where is thy sting? O death, where is thy victory?”_ _1 Corinthians 15:51, 52, 54, 55_ _[26]_ 55:30 _[m 208]_ *Herr, du bist würdig zu nehmen Preis* *und Ehre und Kraft, denn du hast alle* *Dinge geschaffen, und durch deinen Willen* *haben sie das Wesen und sind geschaffen.* _Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive_ _glory and honor and power, for you created_ _all things and by your will they existed and_ _were created._ _• Revelation 4:11_ 🔸 7️⃣ *Chorus* _[27]_ 1:00:49 VII. _Feierlich_ *Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn* *sterben, von nun an.* _Blessed are the dead who from now on die_ _in the Lord._ _[28]_ 1:03:07 _[m 40 (B)]_ *Ja, der Geist spricht, daß sie ruhen von ihrer* *Arbeit; denn ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach* _"Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they_ _may rest from their labors, for their deeds_ _follow them!"_ _[29]_ 1:07:03 _[m 102]_ *Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn* *sterben, von nun an.* _Blessed are the dead who from now on die_ _in the Lord._ _(This text is repeated to the end of the piece.)_ _[30]_ 1:08:31 _[m 127 (D)]_ _• Revelation 14:13_ 1:11:30 *Applause* *Christiane Karg, Soprano* *Michael Nagy, Baritone* *MDR-Rundfunkchor* *Nicolas Fink, Choral Director* *Frankfurt Radio Symphony* *David Zinman, Conductor* _Alte Oper Frankfurt_ _Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪 October 11, 2019_
I sang this for the first time (voice part: alto) with the Fairfield County Chorale earlier this month. I have such a deep appreciation for this composition. Tricky in some movements. A beautiful work that resonated with me on a number of levels. A true masterpiece that speaks to the universality of our condition.
Es ist überraschend, wie unterschiedlich das deutsche Requiem von Brahms im Vergleich mit den "lateinischen" Requiem Mozarts, Cherubinis, Berliozs, Verdis klingt. Als Katholik der Nachkonzilszeit, ich muss bekennen, dass die Protestanten uns viel über die Beziehung mit dem Tod lehren könnten.
That is a very spiritual realization you have described. I’m sure you know the German text is entirely from the Lutheran Bible. It describes precisely how a true believer in Jesus Christ has nothing to fear from death, and everything to look forward to entering into His presence after death. There is a tremendous amount of comfort in that, primarily because it all depends on Jesus finished work on our behalf, in other words GRACE. Believers are now under the grace of God. Just read the text that is being sung, it is full of God’s amazing grace.
Sang this beautiful work with the SUNY Fredonia Festival Chorus the Spring semester of Freshman year. An 18 year old from a rural area of Central New York at the time, it was an overwhelmingly beautiful experience.
Wonderful! Tender and powerful with chords that align onebto the unseen but felt. I had never heard this before and this composition was light in the darkness of my room.
In my case, it is not as different as it was before the pandémie. Guatemala is a country with total lackness of symphonic appreciation, and the minority who are devoted to this art usually don't accept low quantities of money, they take advantage of people like me.
Almost 3 years ago my trophy wife from the Pacific Islands passed from covid in my hometown in IN. Sold our home and now live in shadow of Diamond Head, Honolulu, where she looks down on me from a heavenly Paradise, and guides my life. This requiem touches my soul
Of all romantic music this is the most moving piece I know. If ever I die (and I assume I one day will), I hope my loved ones will listen to this music and feel comforted by it. I remember singing Brahms' requiem myself as member of a choir in The Netherlands. It is very difficult and I admire the choir and orchestra in it his superb recording for making it look so easy. I have heard many recordings but this one is one of the best I know. Bravissimo maestro Zinman! Thank you!
Speaking of everlasting effects from a piece: This requiem was one of the very first CD's I purchased, in 1985, when CD's had just hit the market. Being Jewish with limited exposure to liturgical music, I had never heard it before. I was listening to it when the phone rang...it was my sister letting me know my father had just passed away. Everlasting, indeed.
Sir, I am sorry this is not romantic music. This is Requiem or in other words "repose of the dead". However this Requiem is super and you are right about it.
Lukas Burgering: I think you are right in calling this romantic music in that it comes from the passion of the heart. I think everything Brahms wrote came from that place. Some ugly souls have created beautiful art, but I am convinced that Brahms was one of the beautiful souls. I sometime say " I love Brahms " and I know I'm not just talking about the music. I agree also with your feelings about David Zinman. His career may not have the same "hype" about it that others have had, but I've rarely been disappointed with a performance he has directed. Really good Mahler, Brahms, even Rachmaninov. The folks in Frankfurt, and Zurich have been fortunate to have him. I wish he would come to Los Angeles, I'd buy a ticket immediately!
Incredible performance. I sang this work under Robert Shaw's direction in the early 1990's in Maine. My now deceased wife and I sang it together in 2014. And I sing it again in March.
One of my favorite pieces ever … I love how much applause there is at the end and that it was included in the video. Such deep appreciation for a profound work.
I had the great good fortune of performing this with my college choir in the spring of 1989, in the original German. I hated it at first, but over time, was soon won over. Brahms was quite clearly linked to the divine when he wrote this; mere words fail to convey the depth of emotion that this work conveys; the ups and downs of mourning another person. If civilization manages to survive, this will be around a very, very long time indeed...
Yes, I am listening to this while at home under the health crisis- covid19- which has affected my brother in law and my two nephews, and i have lost my father in law just today! . How appropriate this requiem! thank you very much for posting this video
It seemed at first as if the audience were less than enthusiastic about the performance. But then you realize that they just had to shake themselves out of the trance that this performance had lulled hem into. Without a doubt a towering performance (baritone not withstanding). I’ll be singing this in 2025 at Carnegie Hall (Bass) and I’m using this performance as my yardstick.
Last night, our choir sang this wonderful music in Exeter, UK.... So so gorgeous.... Heavenly.... 🥹
Really? Wow! I used to live in Exeter ( now living in France). Still have friends in Exeter.
Tolles Stück, sehr schön dirigiert und gespielt und richtig gut Produziert! Auch ein großes Lob an Christiane Karg, wunderschön! Danke!
Ich höre dieses Werk schon zum xten Mal und bin immer wieder gerührt.
Ich höre das mit Tränen in den Augen. Besonders das Stück „Selig sind, die da leit tragen“ Das hatte sich mein im letzten Jahr verstorbener Vater für seine Einäscherung ausgesucht.....
Oh, wie unendlich traurig! Mein Vater ist kürzlich verstorben. Er hat immer klassische Musik gehört und die kann ich im Moment gar nicht hören, besonders das, was er früher immer gehört hat.
I love the opening. English boy. Solid Germanic music. Evocative. Sieg.
I am a Jesuit priest. While writing the funeral homily for the Jesuit whose impact on my life can never be overestimated, indeed it was second only to my dad's who had been for over forty years at that point, I was struggling to put thoughts on paper. Had this playing as I wrote. At the middle of part VI "Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?" I lost it completely, sobbing at my desk for twenty minutes. And then the homily wrote itself. It will be ten years in November since George died. I still can't hear this chorus without tears. The only change is that they are no longer tears of grief but of gratitude and great joy.
@Raphael John Stoll Thank you. George died in 2013 but the memory of writing the homily has become one of comfort. He was ill, over 80, and failing fast. Death was a mercy. The memories of all I learned from him between 1992 and 2013 are a source of great joy.
It's astounding how powerful the union between music and the Word is, because so many times, what human words can't describe, music conveys that. May God rest the soul of our brother in the faith.
Having appreciated this work for many decades and finally having sung it not too long ago, I can fully understand what this Jesuit priest experienced in listening to that sixth part as he wrote his homily. And in subsequent listenings to this requiem (and, it is hoped, performances) before I cash in my own chips, I will bring his experience to mine. Thanks for pointing the way.
I have sung in this work on quite a few occasions. It always stirs me to the core of my senses. I retain the feeling that it is consciously Protestant, perhaps in response to other Requiems that are notably Catholic in nature. But at the end of our lives, as we face the certainty of eternity, is there time to debate such niceties? All we can do is cast ourselves on the mercy of our God and hope for his Mercy.
But to be be honest, the majesty and awe inspirited by the Verdi. Requiem is hard to dismiss as just bombast. Certainly it is 'in your face', but there are many subtleties too that all too often escape attention. Operatic in style? But then Verdi was supremely an opera composer. And is not a requiem the supreme expression of the end of a life?
But of all requiems, I lean towards that of Fauré which, in its gentle approach to the final test, expresses out hopes for a hereafter that is calm and tranquilly attained. I sang this once in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin - Ireland - as one of two basses in a choir of small proportion. As a singer the experience was transcendent.
I found this. I’ve listened and I was moved.
Tief berührende, bewegende und tröstliche Musik
This work was one of my wifes first experiences with classical music - she had known i had a deep love of classical and that i play the piano and we went once to a concert of Beethoven's 4th symphony. she loved it.
Not long after her father, after a long illness, passed away and hurt her deeply. A few months later the local symphony and chorus announced a performance of the Brahms Requiem. I had explained to her what a requiem was and gave some examples of Mozart and Durufle. She wanted to go to the Brahms Requiem. I told her the background of how Brahms discarded the traditional latin text, and instead replaced it with texts from the german bible, and that he had said he wrote it for those who were left behind to cope with their loss, and that it was entirely in german. Monitors were around the concert hall to give the translation in english. the first beats of the opening movement started at at 1:51 here, where the chorus enteres saying (in english) "blessed are those who mourn..." she burst into tears and cried silently. she was enraptured by the entire work, especially the 4th movement. She said after the concert how she felt so peaceful and relieved, and i said "THAT is what Brahms intended". she now loves Brahms and cant wait to go to another concert of his music.
What a beautiful story ... Thanks for sharing!! Music has the power to sometimes trigger some deep emotions ...
Gracias
I am a viola played theRequiem a month ago. It has always been one of my most-beloved works. I had the same reaction as did your wife; it always moves me!
Thanks for sharing. Try Richard Strauss's 4 Last songs. Reni Flemings version is my favourite
ruclips.net/video/ppoqUVlKkBU/видео.html&ab_channel=Gabba02
Thanks for sharing this story.
Super Orchester, beeindruckender Chor, schöne Solostimmen, ganz große Leistung des Dirigenten, für mich ein besonders schönes Erlebnis.
this is one of the crowning achievements of the western art music tradition. from Johann Sebastian to Johannes.
Es weinte in mir - diese Musik hat mich so tief berührt, dass ich wusste: Mit dieser Musik kann man keine Kriege führen! Ihr Herrschende dieser schönen Erde: Hört sie bitte mit Herz und Seele an!!!
Jawohl!
Haben sich nicht gerade sie Deutschen lange nach der Uraufführung gleich zweimal aufgeschwungen um die Welt in Schutt und Asche zu legen? Auch Tristan&Isolde widerlegen jegliche kriegerische Auseinandersetzungen, und obwohl der Herr Anstreicher aus Braunau Wagner vergötterte, sind die größten Verbrechen des 20ten Jahrhunderts auf seinem Mist gewachsen.
Musik verhindert weder Dummheit noch Gewalt.
Doch, und zwar gegen jene, denen 30 Silberlinge für was auch immer angeboten werden!
Hervorragend gesagt❤🎉
Sung it many times. Emotion every time.
Sehr edel und schön aufgeführt! Mir wurde ganz warm ums Herz
Delicious! Zinman sculpts the sound produced by these virtuosic musicians with precision and tenderness!
Wunderschön.
Ich habe es schon mitgesungen und singe es wieder. Und dieses wunderbare Stück Musik ist daran "schuld", dass ich jederzeit Rockmusik und andere Stile gegen Klassik eintauschen würde. Jederzeit.
Und es toll ist, seine Gefühle da hereinlegen zu können.
❤❤❤😢😢🎉
Solemne y maravillosa!!!😢😢❤🎉
Denn sie sollen getröstet werden, das wird einfach wahr mit dieser Aufführung! Danke!
Merveilleux, sublime plus je l'écoute et plus je l'aime ❤ merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo
All of Brahms' genius is encapsulated in this work. His use of the chorus; his mastery of the orchestra; his amazing melodies; his deep sense of occasion. It is all there.
the 2nd movement....
Agree. Just brilliant. And this is the best version I've heard.
para mi también es la mejor versión.
Its perfect. That crescendo is the finest piece of music I've listened to.
If only I could like this infinitely many times!! Sublime music, sublimely performed by my favourite orchestra
Das Stück selbst ist ja bereits eine Wucht, aber der Chor ist hier wirklich besonders herausragend! Und wunderbar begleitet von einem vorzüglichen Orchester. Meiner Meinung nach ist das hier eine der besten Aufnahmen dieses Stücks auf RUclips
Proud to say with 19years of age, I sang this song with a choir in Berlin. One of the best moments of my life. I was definitely singing along🌷
who?
@@javierburin tu vieja preguntó jajajajjaj
Jajajaajajaaa
I‘m 14 ans I will perform in the best choir of Switzerland
Bravo bravo bravooooo, todos maravillosos, GRACIAS.
Eine in jeder Hinsicht - Interpretation, Besetzung und klangliche Darstellung - eindrucksvoll-intensive und bewegende Aufführung des wundervollen Werkes von Johannes Brahms. Dafür allen Mitwirkenden großen Dank und höchsten Respekt!
😮Amazing voices😮
Vor 55 Jahren habe ich dies selbst gesungen, im Dom zu Wetzlar, eines der großartigsten Erlebnisse meines Lebens - für immer dankbar dafür.... Einfach grandios....
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Waldi: Violine und Viola, als Leistung in der BRD noch zählte. Dann kamen die Schülerräte ... 😬😂
I played this piece in concert the day after I found out a friend of mine from a community band had passed away. The text and music was extremely moving for me that day. Sublime playing, thank you for sharing.
I 0:44 Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
II 12:05 Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
III 27:08 Herr, lehre doch mich
IV 37:06 Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
V 42:36 Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
VI 49:29 Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt
VII 1:00:49 Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben
Thank you!
How lovely are your ‘apartments’ Google??!! I think ‘dwelling places’ in this Requiem and the Bible cannot translate to ‘apartments’!! ‘Homes’ might be a bit better.
@@margaretlavender9647 How amiable are they tabernacles - from the King James Bible
Thank you so much!
Danke aus Flandern
Ich liebe Brahms`sche Musik, gerade in Zeiten wie diesen, die wir jetzt gerade haben. Corona u. a. Krankheiten, Kriege, Verbrechen... Die Musik ist samt dem TEXT SO TRÖSTEND!
Was für eine begnadete Darbietung -in jeglicher Tiefe und den kleinsten Details. Seelennahrung. DANKE an Alle Beteiligten.
Simply wonderful, this is, in my opinion, the best performance of the German Requiam ever.. What a great orchestra, what great soloists, what a choir, simply one of the best in the world, and of course who but the great conductor ... and of course to the composer of the piece Brahms who wrote a genius piece.
Muziek om nooit te vergeten. Zo wonderschone harmonische klanken. Deze muziek zorgt bij mij voor totale ontspanning. Het koor, soms vlijend klinkend en dan weer luid en monumentaal is een genot om te horen.
Danket dem Hern, denn er ist freundlich, und seine Gutte wahret ewiglich.
Amen
A kindness that randomly gifts babies with incurable cancer.... ? I think I'll pass...
@@elgar104It is all his creation, but we are sinners perpetuating the suffering of ourselves. It is our choice to give thanks or remain in despair. Thanks be to God, for blessed are the weak and sick. Amen. And may God bless you! ❤️
@BillyTheMilkMan the idea of inherited sin from ancestors is backward and immoral.
A baby born with cancer is not a sinner and certainly doesn't deserve to be cursed because of anything their ancestors may have done.
@@elgar104 Exactly, everybody is deserving of a good life and good health. We have a responsibility of each other, regardless of creed or religion. Why is it that we continue to develop harmful chemicals, radiation and foods that continue/enhance the cancer cells that propagate in our bodies? The garden of Eden was a utopia free from all these things, and when we rebelled with the knowledge of manufacturing this reality we destined ourselves to face the consequences, but there is good news. God himself sent his very own son to tell us that he has a plan to free us from that pain and suffering. We must have faith that things will get better, that a beautiful utopia free from this is possible, and through our works we may strive towards it for our children. The idea of sin is semantic, you may call it other things. I hope this makes sense and finds you well.
J'ai 58 ans, c'est la première fois que j'entends ce requiem de Brahms, hé oui tout arrive dans la vie, je n'ai pas de mots assez fort pour vous décrire ce que je ressens, c'est divin. Merci Sinfonierorchester MDR-Rundfunkchor. Merci au chef d'orchestre, merci aux musiciens, aux chanteurs.
Oui. Aussi, merci beaucoup Johannes Brahms.
@@yankeeinlondon Oui Oui, vous avez entièrement raison. Je suis impardonnable.
Moi egalement
BRAVO félicitations
@@joellepodwysocki9558 Cher ami, ne soyez pas si dure envers vous-même. Nous pouvons être comme cette musique, belle est sereine.
This music is just fantastic! So wonderfully played and directed! I thank this channel so much for this and for having a chance to listen music without terrible interruptions from advertising! My deep gratitude!!!
You are so right, it's great that there are no ads in it.
Always gives me chills! What a gift Brahms is to the world!
Gorgeous, stunning, superbly played and sung.
A legnagyszerűbb felvétel, amit eddig hallottam, a karmester csodálatos, a kórussal egyetemben!
😇
I just sang this in Bethlehem Pennsylvania USA under the direction of Steven Sametz his last concert . He created a community choir and we sang it as his sending off into his retirement. The performance is so much more than a Performance. It is a communion of hearts and souls of everyone on the stage lead by Doc Sametz who makes it happen. I look forward to doing this again someday.
I attended the concert at Lehigh University and enjoyed it immensely.
Wow, schon zig-mal angehört. Christiane Karg ist einfach herausragend.... ohne die anderen weniger zu würdigen! hr-Sinfonieorchester-Konzerte bzw. -Aufnahmen sind einfach TOP! ✌
In 3 weeks I will be singing this master piece as a tenor with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music to sing. It is very challenging but it is a true treasur! Lovely performance! It makes you melt inside as you sing it
How was it? Did you melt inside while singing? (I get it, I've sang in choirs before, the place to listen to the performance is inside the choir!)
@andreashoppe1969 I was there July 28!
So true. I also had the good fortune to sing this masterpiece as a soprano - indeed, a challenge (quite high for sopranos almost throughout, which I like), and absolutely wonderful to perform.
私は日本で練習中です。あくまでも音楽なので、自分や仲間の演奏を聴くと落ち込む事もあります。←上手くないから😅
いや、それにしても素晴らしい曲、素晴らしい演奏！
感謝感謝
@@桃田牢 You don't have to be good. Just give the music your best, and it will live in you.
この演奏以上に好きな録音は今の所ありません。
第７曲など、余りの美しさに涙しながら「自分もこの世を去る時に、こんな心情だったらいいなあ。」と思ってしまいます。
しかし、これ程にも魂に訴えかける音楽、演奏。
作り上げるのは本当に本当に大変だったことでしょう。
感謝、敬服するばかりです。
David Zinman is one of my all time favorite conductors. What a talent and an ear he had.
The biggest hour of Brahms and one of the biggest for the German Classical Music.
In case you're interested, I posted the score to read along ruclips.net/video/ZXDR4UpUC4o/видео.html
and what for the world, mean/think you?
If Brahms had written nothing else, he would still have the genius status he now has and so rightly earned. Stunningly beautifully done.
That exactly what people say about the third sonata, and the first and second piano concerto. Every piece of his is a masterpiece :)
Ειναι ενα απο τα δυσκολοτερα ερμηνευτικα εργα και εδω εχουμε μια αριστουργηματικη εκτελεση .Μπραβο.!!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Ευχαριστώ πολύ
At 1:02:36 in the Selig sind die toten, whenever the words "von nun" are sung I get goosebumps without fail. Something about that chord change is just so immaculate.
oui, moi aussi...
Fantastic. Best brahma piece ever. Beautifully presented God bless you all
How many listeners, I wonder, notice that the wonderfully deep, somber timbre of the opening movement comes from the fact that the violins-all the violins-are silent, as if mourning, throughout that one part.
Then, their brighter, a bit drier, tones yield the higher voices of the second movement, particularly starting with the phrase, "Das Gras ist verdorret und die Blume abgefallen. So seid nun geduldig, lieben Brüder..." _The grass is withered and the flower fallen away. Therefore, be patient, dear brethren..._
When I read "All flesh is grass" immediately I think of the terrible war going on next door and all the suffering of pretty much everybody at this time the world lives in. I dont understand how we as humans do something like what they are doing right now in the war. On the other hand when I read comments here and other you tube music. Their is something deeper in all of us. What unites as in a loving and peaceful way. Maybe I dont trust in God enough or maybe their is no God. But their is good and evil.
É a primeira vez que ouço e estou impressionada pela beleza e genialidade da obra.
That was marvelous performance. The Choir outstanding....
During my 70 years of choral singing I've sung this several times--in English, in German, with organ, with orchestra, in churches medium sized and large, in great concert halls--and, God willing, I'll get to sing it in my next life. I love Bach and all the others, but this piece has a sublimity achieved by no other work that I know. Thank you for another beautiful performance.
This afternoon is raíning while I listen music. Wow its great
Only this is not Bach but 200 years later. Brahms.
@@nageurnordik Read again: "I love Bach and all the others, but (!)
Jody, you will sing Brahms again in your next life and in lovely German. I read and speak German, learned in my church service there in 1961-64, I Bring that deep affection to German literature and music. God Bless/Larry
@@henboker3 Larry my mother was from Germany and she passed away in 2014. She loved the German Requiem. I am still in a great deal of emotional pain.
Another stunning trendsetter from the HR. This performance will stand forever!
This is great music !!!
Was auch für eine brillante Aufnahme - filmisch, die Farben, wow ... sehr beeindruckende Kameraführung.
Ich liege mit Fieber und Corona im Bett und höre zum wiederholten Male dieses Requiem. Diese Harmonien berühren zu tiefst und eröffnen die Sinne für das Transzendente.
Komm, Trost der Welt.
Hoffentlich sind Sie wieder gesund!
Geht es Ihnen wieder besser?
Et les voix de soprani et tenori sont exceptionnelles de pureté, et de justesse, je suis aux anges !!!!
Wow! what a stunning performance. I too sang this many years ago in college. I remember our conductor while introducing this piece to us said if ever there was a piece of music that will have an everlasting effect on your life this is it. And how true. Fifty years later I am still in awe of this music. I am listening to this while at home under the covid19 quarantine . How appropriate this requiem is now as I think of all the souls that have been lost to this viscous pandemic. May they all rest in peace , and may this music give peace to their families forever.
Quite a beautiful comment.
We are all going to die. Time to think of the afterlife.
I also sang along with this work. It's been 20 years. It was in "Neuengamme" near Hamburg. The Nazis killed many innocent people there. That was a very special moment for me. God bless you ! Greetings from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in Germany
@@Mormon_underwear It is our destiny to die. We are only for short time here. Then we return home to our Heavenly Father.
@@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949 As sung in the text "Death where is thy victory? death where is thy sting?".
Wow! David Zinman was the conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic while I was at Eastman circa 1984-1986 and we sang a rehearsal with the RPO of the Cosi fan tutte finale of Act 1. A great experience and a very compelling conductor. What an amazing thing to see him here 30+ years later, and to think I sang in the Alte Oper a couple of times as a soloist. What a great hall!
For me this is a masterpiece. I have listened to it 40 years of my life. When my father died, my sister and I sat beside his bed and listened to it
how beautiful
First time I heard this was july 5, 1985. Having just hooked up my very first CD player, it was the first CD I purchased and played. I was listening to it when the phone rang-my sister-to tell me that my father had just passed away! What a way to be introduced to such a beautiful piece. I'm Jewish, but no matter. The piece lives with me forever.
@@rsjmd I first listened to it on my father's record player, in 1988-89, and it is also the first CD I purchased (years before I even owned a CD player), and the first CD I played when I finally did purchase one! Kindred spirit : )
@@runningmama4793 thanks for the comment
A joy to read all the comments
I'm a baritone and this will be our next concert with the choir I sing with, on April 20 in Florence. I'm so exited
😍💪🏼
Arguably the most beautiful piece of choral music ever. I was fortunate enough to sing this on stage with a full orchestra earlier this year after only nine rehearsals, first time in 22 years singing in a choir. This performance by these incredible musicians of Frankfurt were indispensable to my learning of the music and diction. God bless this piece and all those that perform it 💚
I plan to have the 2nd movement played at my celebration of life which, I hope, is many years from now. This music is simply stunning. So many moods and aspects of the end of life.
These singers and violinists are TRUE artists!
My friend gave me these to check out-- I sand in the school choir through school & I forgot how TRULY beautiful this music is!
I myself, listen to Gospel music and yeah, I was a classic rock fan but now..I'm wondering why. I gave up this wonderful music. 🎶
Thanks for sharing this.
God bless you
I too sang Ein deutsches Requiem in a choir when I was in my early 20s. We performed it as a concert at a Unitarian Universalist church in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was back around 1975. I sang the tenor part. It was one of the high points of my young life. I have never forgotten. I come back to this over and over and over.
Herzlichen Dank an jede/-n Mitwirkende/-n dieser grandiosen Aufführung! Sie berührt mich von allen gehörten bzw. gesehenen RUclips-Versionen am meisten! Die Darbietung ist so ausgewogen, ausdrucksstark und präzise, dass es sich für mich einfach überwältigend anfühlt, Musik intravenös! Mehr geht nicht!
Ich habe dieses Werk selbst mitgesungen und behaupte, dass man emotional und spirituell nicht mehr derselbe Mensch ist wie vorher. Es kommen Dimensionen der Spiritualität, der Betrachtung, des Erlebens und der Verarbeitung hinzu, die ich als wertvolleres Geschenk bewahre als jeden materiellen Reichtum dieser Welt.
This is comfortable to the ear and to the mind, and will quench and moisturize the dryness o the soul
Listening to Brahms,
worries of the mundane world disappear
"Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras ..." diese Bilder aus dem AT und dann die Musik ... tragisch und erhebend zugleich.
Grade dieser Teil klingt in mir nach ....
The standing ovation was deservedly to the chorus in the first place.
Strikingly beautiful this rendition !
I was sad because I never found access to any Requiem: But this one touched me so deeply I could not stop listening 😢
Este Rewuiem é simplesmente magnífico. Não tenho outras palavras para classifica-lo.
Zuerst habe ich gedacht: mit Krückstock, oh je!
Beim Hören allerdings wünschte ich mir immer mehr,
dieses Werk wenigstens einmal auch unter Zinman mitsingen zu dürfen.
Ein großartiger Musikgestalter!
最高です、癒されます。
Ich liebe es.....so eine grandiose Botschaft ! Wir alle sind vergänglich...und doch gibt es diese Hoffnung auf Ewiges Leben bei Gott in der Herrlichkeit....
My choir at Nortwestern participated in this with the Chicano Symphony under Bruno Walter . I cannot believe it to this day. I cannot forget his beautiful and gentle face.
I sang this in the Fleishmann Choir in Cork, Ireland about 15 years ago or more and I know every line. It's so beautiful and is almost unworldly. For me its the nearest thing to heavenly music I will hear on earth. The final movement is redolent of the ascent at the end. I am forever grateful to the wonderful Dr. Geoffrey Spratt for introducing the Requiem to the choir. I missed the opportunity to sing it again in 2018. Lucky choir. This particular version is one of the most perfect renditions I have heard. Very well done to the Orchestra, Choir and the man who makes it all happen, the conductor. The work that goes into a performance like this is immense.
Did you join the choir in travelling to Cologne in 2013 to perform Tippett's "A child of our Time"? That concert was my debut in the Cologne Philharmonic Hall - I was the "narrator"...
A fantastic performance
I really think this choir is the most balanced and well rehearsed of any I have heard ding thi
I think this choir is the most balanced and well rehearsed of any I have heard singing this beautiful work. Excellent !
I AGREE
For once the tenors are loud enough. I still think the sopranos are a bit too loud, drowning out some gorgeous strings in parts. Could be mic placement and mixing.
This is a great rendition. Brahms is masterful in the operatic sweep and the lush melodies throughout.
The soprano is ideal --- could not have been sweeter, more delicate, or more lyrical. Expressive musically with understated stage presence.
*Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)*
*Ein deutsches Requiem,*
*Op. 45 (1861, 1865-66, 1868)*
_A German Requiem to Words of Holy Scripture_
🔸 1️⃣ *Chorus*
_[1]_ 00:44 I. _Ziemlich langsam und mit Ausdruck_
*Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getröstet werden*
_Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted_
_• Matthew 5:4_
_[2]_ 04:00 _[m 45]_
*Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Freuden ernten. Sie gehen hin und weinen und tragen edlen Samen, und kommen mit Freuden*
*und bringen ihre Garben*
_They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Go forth and cry, bearing precious seed, and come with_
_joy bearing their sheaves_
_• Psalm 126:5-6_
_[3]_ 07:28 _[m 96]_
*Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getröstet werden*
_Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted_
_• Matthew 5:4_
🔸 2️⃣ *Chorus*
_[4]_ 12:05 II. _Langsam, marschmäßig_
*Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras*
*und alle Herrlichkeit des Menschen wie*
*des Grases Blumen. Das Gras ist verdorret*
*und die Blume abgefallen.*
_For all flesh is as grass, and the glory_
_of man like flowers. The grass withers_
_and the flower falls._
_• 1 Peter 1:24 (quoting Isaiah 40:6-7)_
_[5]_ 16:15 _[m 74 (C)]_
*So seid nun geduldig, lieben Brüder, bis auf*
*die Zukunft des Herrn. Siehe, ein Ackermann*
*wartet auf die köstliche Frucht der Erde*
*und ist geduldig darüber, bis er empfahe*
*den Morgenregen und Abendregen.*
_Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the_
_coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits_
_for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient_
_over it until it receives the early and the late rain._
_• James 5:7_
_[6]_ 21:50 _[m 198 (H)]_
*Aber des Herrn Wort bleibet in Ewigkeit*
_But the word of the Lord abides forever_
_• 1 Peter 1:25 (quoting Isaiah 40:8)_
_[7]_ 22:14 _[m 206]_
*Die Erlöseten des Herrn werden wieder*
*kommen und gen Zion kommen mit Jauchzen;*
*ewige Freude wird über ihrem Haupte sein;*
*Freude und Wonne werden sie ergreifen und*
*Schmerz und Seufzen wird weg müssen*
_The ransomed of the Lord shall return,_
_and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy_
_shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain_
_joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall_
_flee away._
_• Isaiah 35:10_
🔸3️⃣ *Baritone Solo & Chorus*
_[8]_ 27:10 III. _Andante moderato_
*Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende mit mir*
*haben muß und mein Leben ein Ziel hat,*
*und ich davon muß. Siehe, meine Tage*
*sind einer Hand breit vor dir, und mein Leben*
*ist wie nichts vor dir.*
_Lord, let me know my end, and what is the_
_measure of my days; let me know how fleeting_
_my life is. Behold, thou hast made my days_
_a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight._
_[9]_ 30:47 _[m 105]_
*Ach wie gar nichts sind alle Menschen*
*die doch so sicher leben.*
*Sie gehen daher wie ein Schemen,*
*und machen ihnen viel vergebliche Unruhe;*
*sie sammeln und wissen nicht wer es kriegen wird.*
_My lifetime is as nothing in thy sight._
_Surely every man stands as a mere breath!_
_Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for_
_nought are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and_
_knows not who will gather!_
_[10]_ 32:20 [m 140]
*Nun Herr, wes soll ich mich trösten?*
_And now, Lord, for what do I wait?_
_[11]_ 33:28 [m 163]
*Ich hoffe auf dich*
_My hope is in you_
_• Psalm 39:4-7_
_[12]_ 34:05 [m 173]
*Der Gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand*
*und keine Qual rühret sie an.*
_The souls of the righteous are in the hand of_
_God, and no torment will ever touch them._
_• Wisdom of Solomon 3:1_
🔸 4️⃣ *Chorus*
_[13]_ 37:07 IV. _Mäßig bewegt_
*Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen,*
*Herr Zebaoth!*
_How lovely is your dwelling place,_
_O Lord of hosts!_
_[14]_ 38:23 [m 43]
*Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich*
*nach den Vorhöfen des Herrn;*
*mein Leib und Seele freuen sich*
*in dem lebendigen Gott.*
_My soul longs, yea, faints, for the courts of_
_the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for_
_joy to the living God._
_[15]_ 40:16 [m 108]
*Wohl denen, die in deinem Hause wohnen,*
_Blessed are those who dwell in thy house,_
_[16]_ 40:43 _[m 123]_
*die loben dich immerdar!*
_ever singing thy praise!_
_• Psalm 84:1, 2, 4_
🔸 5️⃣ *Soprano Solo & Chorus*
_[17]_ 42:39 V. _Langsam_
*Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit; aber*
_So you have sorrow now,_
_[18]_ 43:54 _[m 16]_
*ich will euch wieder sehen*
*und euer Herz soll sich freuen,*
*und eure Freude soll niemand von*
*euch nehmen.*
_but I will see you again and your hearts_
_will rejoice, and no one will take your_
_joy from you._
_• John 16:22_
*Ich will euch trösten, wie einen seine*
*Mutter tröstet*
_I will console you, as one is_
_consoled by his mother_
_• Isaiah 66:13_
_[19]_ 44:41 _[m 27 (B)]_
*Sehet mich an: ich habe eine kleine Zeit Mühe und Arbeit gehabt und habe großen Trost funden*
_See with your own eyes that I have labored_
_but little and found for myself_
_much serenity._
_• Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 51: 27_
_[20]_ 46:25 [m 49 (D)]
_(Repetition of John 16:22 & Isaiah 66:13)_
🔸 6️⃣ *Baritone Solo & Chorus*
_[21]_ 49:29 VI. _Andante_
*Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt,*
*sondern die zukünftige suchen wir.*
_For here we have no lasting city,_
_but we seek the city which is to come._
_• Hebrews 13:14_
_[22]_ 50:38 _[m 28 (A)]_
*Siehe, ich sage euch ein Geheimnis.*
*Wir werden nicht alle entschlafen,*
*wir werden aber alle verwandelt werden;*
*und dasselbige plötzlich, in einem Augenblick,*
*zu der Zeit der letzte Posaune.*
_Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet._
_[23]_ 52:36 [m 80]
*Denn es wird die Posaune schallen, und*
*die Toten werden auferstehen*
*unverweslich, und wir werden verwandelt werden.*
_For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will_
_be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed._
_[24]_ 53:13 [m 109]
*Dann wird erfüllet werden das Wort, das*
*geschrieben steht:*
_Then shall come to pass the saying that is written:_
_[25]_ 53:39 _[m 127]_
*Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg. Tod, wo*
*ist dein Stachel? Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg?*
_”Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death,_
_where is thy sting? O death, where is thy victory?”_
_1 Corinthians 15:51, 52, 54, 55_
_[26]_ 55:30 _[m 208]_
*Herr, du bist würdig zu nehmen Preis*
*und Ehre und Kraft, denn du hast alle*
*Dinge geschaffen, und durch deinen Willen*
*haben sie das Wesen und sind geschaffen.*
_Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive_
_glory and honor and power, for you created_
_all things and by your will they existed and_
_were created._
_• Revelation 4:11_
🔸 7️⃣ *Chorus*
_[27]_ 1:00:49 VII. _Feierlich_
*Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn*
*sterben, von nun an.*
_Blessed are the dead who from now on die_
_in the Lord._
_[28]_ 1:03:07 _[m 40 (B)]_
*Ja, der Geist spricht, daß sie ruhen von ihrer*
*Arbeit; denn ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach*
_"Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they_
_may rest from their labors, for their deeds_
_follow them!"_
_[29]_ 1:07:03 _[m 102]_
*Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn*
*sterben, von nun an.*
_Blessed are the dead who from now on die_
_in the Lord._
_(This text is repeated to the end of the piece.)_
_[30]_ 1:08:31 _[m 127 (D)]_
_• Revelation 14:13_
1:11:30 *Applause*
*Christiane Karg, Soprano*
*Michael Nagy, Baritone*
*MDR-Rundfunkchor*
*Nicolas Fink, Choral Director*
*Frankfurt Radio Symphony*
*David Zinman, Conductor*
_Alte Oper Frankfurt_
_Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪 October 11, 2019_
Großartige Musik! Göttliche Interpretationen aller Nummern! Bravissimo!!!
This is one of thee most beautiful pieces of music ever written. 👌👌.
I sang this for the first time (voice part: alto) with the Fairfield County Chorale earlier this month. I have such a deep appreciation for this composition. Tricky in some movements. A beautiful work that resonated with me on a number of levels. A true masterpiece that speaks to the universality of our condition.
wonderful, how much we miss being able to watch these in person, sometime.
Es ist überraschend, wie unterschiedlich das deutsche Requiem von Brahms im Vergleich mit den "lateinischen" Requiem Mozarts, Cherubinis, Berliozs, Verdis klingt. Als Katholik der Nachkonzilszeit, ich muss bekennen, dass die Protestanten uns viel über die Beziehung mit dem Tod lehren könnten.
That is a very spiritual realization you have described. I’m sure you know the German text is entirely from the Lutheran Bible. It describes precisely how a true believer in Jesus Christ has nothing to fear from death, and everything to look forward to entering into His presence after death. There is a tremendous amount of comfort in that, primarily because it all depends on Jesus finished work on our behalf, in other words GRACE. Believers are now under the grace of God. Just read the text that is being sung, it is full of God’s amazing grace.
Absolutely magnificent. One of the master's finest compositions. Bravis, Bravis, Bravis!!!
Sang this beautiful work with the SUNY Fredonia Festival Chorus the Spring semester of Freshman year. An 18 year old from a rural area of Central New York at the time, it was an overwhelmingly beautiful experience.
Its not about you dear.
Wonderful! Tender and powerful with chords that align onebto the unseen but felt.
I had never heard this before and this composition was light in the darkness of my room.
Este Réquiem del gran compositor Brams me llena el alma,lo amo lo cante cuando estaba en el coro de la Universidad de Chile hermoso
I really missed the days when we could go to concerts freely whenever we want..
So do I. It will come again. Hopefully sooner rather than later. :)
freely....hardly lol. My bank account certainly never thought of it that way XD
In my case, it is not as different as it was before the pandémie. Guatemala is a country with total lackness of symphonic appreciation, and the minority who are devoted to this art usually don't accept low quantities of money, they take advantage of people like me.
@@BloggerMusicMan For me, the price - getting an untested vaccine - will be too high
@@galahadthreepwood Then you should get a tested vaccine :-)
One of the best readings I've ever heard of this monumental piece! Which is my favorite!
BRAVO!
Almost 3 years ago my trophy wife from the Pacific Islands passed from covid in my hometown in IN. Sold our home and now live in shadow of Diamond Head, Honolulu, where she looks down on me from a heavenly Paradise, and guides my life. This requiem touches my soul
I ‘d still love to hear it again and again with my friends too. Thanks.
Of all romantic music this is the most moving piece I know. If ever I die (and I assume I one day will), I hope my loved ones will listen to this music and feel comforted by it. I remember singing Brahms' requiem myself as member of a choir in The Netherlands. It is very difficult and I admire the choir and orchestra in it his superb recording for making it look so easy. I have heard many recordings but this one is one of the best I know. Bravissimo maestro Zinman! Thank you!
In case you're interested, I posted the score to read along ruclips.net/video/ZXDR4UpUC4o/видео.html
Lukas, there are (only) two certainties in life, the first is that you will be taxed, the second is you will die!
Speaking of everlasting effects from a piece: This requiem was one of the very first CD's I purchased, in 1985, when CD's had just hit the market. Being Jewish with limited exposure to liturgical music, I had never heard it before. I was listening to it when the phone rang...it was my sister letting me know my father had just passed away. Everlasting, indeed.
Sir, I am sorry this is not romantic music. This is Requiem or in other words "repose of the dead". However this Requiem is super and you are right about it.
Lukas Burgering: I think you are right in calling this romantic music in that it comes from the passion of the heart. I think everything Brahms wrote came from that place. Some ugly souls have created beautiful art, but I am convinced that Brahms was one of the beautiful souls. I sometime say " I love Brahms " and I know I'm not just talking about the music.
I agree also with your feelings about David Zinman. His career may not have the same "hype" about it that others have had, but I've rarely been disappointed with a performance he has directed. Really good Mahler, Brahms, even Rachmaninov. The folks in Frankfurt, and Zurich have been fortunate to have him. I wish he would come to Los Angeles, I'd buy a ticket immediately!
I had the honor of singing this in a choir once. I hope to sing it or hear it again live before I die.
Incredible performance. I sang this work under Robert Shaw's direction in the early 1990's in Maine. My now deceased wife and I sang it together in 2014. And I sing it again in March.
One of my favorite pieces ever … I love how much applause there is at the end and that it was included in the video. Such deep appreciation for a profound work.
I had the great good fortune of performing this with my college choir in the spring of 1989, in the original German. I hated it at first, but over time, was soon won over. Brahms was quite clearly linked to the divine when he wrote this; mere words fail to convey the depth of emotion that this work conveys; the ups and downs of mourning another person. If civilization manages to survive, this will be around a very, very long time indeed...
A heavenly performance of this heavenly work
Oh my.... how exqusite, especially with head phones. So magnificent!
Yes, I am listening to this while at home under the health crisis- covid19- which has affected my brother in law and my two nephews, and i have lost my father in law just today! . How appropriate this requiem! thank you very much for posting this video
I am very sorry for your family losses as I am sure many others would be. How devestating for your family. May you be comforted deeply.
@@nicolettebramley4163 thank you very much dear Nicolette Bramley for you compassion
My tears are with you
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Heel mooi. Ik vind Brahms een van de beste duitse componisten van de negentiende eeuw, met Wagner. Een prachtige versie.
It seemed at first as if the audience were less than enthusiastic about the performance. But then you realize that they just had to shake themselves out of the trance that this performance had lulled hem into. Without a doubt a towering performance (baritone not withstanding). I’ll be singing this in 2025 at Carnegie Hall (Bass) and I’m using this performance as my yardstick.