A COMFORTING REQUIEM FOR UNSETTLED TIMES Peter Butterfield conducts the 75 voice choir, with soloists Jennifer Turner, soprano, and baritone Jaeman Yoon,who has recently moved to Victoria, along with a chamber orchestra including pianist Nancy Curry.
=0D=0A=Countless composers over hundreds of years have written Requiems, but unlike those before or since, Brahms chose not to use the traditional Latin Mass text, which is a prayer for the dead and a warning of the Last Judgement. Instead, he uses words from the Lutheran bible and other sacred texts that console those who are left behind in a time of grief and loss.
=0D=0A=Although many scholars point to the deaths of his friend and mentor Robert Schumann in 1856 and his mother in 1865 as the source of Brahms’ inspiration, he always emphasized its universal qualities, even saying he would be happy to call it A Human Requiem. In a few years he turned a single cantata into a major 7-movement work for choir, soloists and orchestra that brought him public acclaim and the respect of his musical peers during his lifetime and beyond.
=0D=0A=Doors will open by 7 pm.
=0D=0A=Please visit https://vpchoir.ca/upcoming for information and ticket link.
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