Friday, November 2, 2007

Brahms' Requiem Reconsidered

The award-winning Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia


Brahms' Requiem Reconsidered
Nov. 10, 2007 @ 8 pm
Nov. 11, 2007 @ 4 pm

Johannes Brahms often made arrangements of his own works for piano, so that they could be experienced in a more immediate, intimate setting. Our season opens with one of these, his immortal Ein deutsches Requiem, in the composer's own one piano, four hands arrangement. Hearing this beloved masterwork as chamber music is an experience not to be missed! Other works on the program will include Wagner’s arrangement of Palestrina’s Stabat Mater and movements from Heinrich Schutz’s Musikalische Exequien - the original “German Requiem” that may have inspired Brahms.

Saturday, November 10, 2007, 8 pm
Saint Mark's Church, 1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA

Sunday, November 11, 2007, 4 pm
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill,
8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA


Tickets

General: $25
Student: $12

The award-winning Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, a 60-voice chamber choir, has performed nearly 200 works by more than 100 composers including many world premieres.

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