Organization

Conductor

Christoph Eschenbach

Singer

Soprano

Sophie Klußmann

Baritone

Michael Nagy

Others

Camerata Bach Chor

Kammerkoret Hymnia

Copenhagen Phil

Brahm's requiem

Brahm's requiem: Concert

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Concert

Approved

Copenhagen Phil's honorary guest conductor, Maestro Christoph Eschenbach, takes the orchestra, a number of Danish choirs and two excellent German soloists on a journey into the soul's longing for solace in moving works for choir and orchestra by Brahms and Schönberg.

“I don't remember everything. I must have been unconscious most of the time .” This is how Arnold Schönberg's poignant tribute to the victims of the Holocaust begins - about the survivor from the Warsaw ghetto who experiences the Nazis' inhumane treatment on his own body. A shocking and eternally current account of one of history's great tragedies.

Brahms' infinitely beautiful and poignant Death Mass is unlike any other in the genre. Usually a requiem is in Latin, but Brahms chose a different path than his colleagues. He may have written his death mass to process the grief over the loss of both his mother and his friend Robert Schumann. And he chose to use his own language instead of the usual Catholic reqiuem text in Latin. He also chose that the Mass should not focus on divine justice in heaven, but on hope and comfort for those left behind here on earth.

English

Copenhagen Phils æres-gæstedirigent, Maestro Christoph Eschenbach, drager sammen med orkestret, en række danske kor og to fremragende tyske solister på en rejse ind i sjælens længsel efter trøst i gribende værker for kor og orkester af Brahms og Schönberg.

“Jeg husker ikke alt. Jeg må have været bevidstløs det meste af tiden.” Sådan begynder Arnold Schönbergs gribende hyldest til ofrene for Holocaust – om den overlevende fra ghettoen i Warszawa, der oplever nazisternes umenneskelige behandling på sin egen krop. En rystende og evig aktuel beretning om en af historiens store tragedier.

Brahms’ uendeligt smukke og gribende dødsmesse ligner ikke nogen andre i genren. Normalt er et requiem på latin, men Brahms valgte en anden vej end sine kolleger. Han skrev muligvis sin døsmesse for at bearbejde sorgen over tabet af både sin mor og af sin ven Robert Schumann. Og han valgte at bruge sit eget sprog i stedet for den sædvanlige katolske reqiuem-tekst på latin. Han valgte også, at messen ikke skulle fokusere på den guddommelige retfærdighed i himmelen, men på håb og trøst for de efterladte her på jorden.

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