Experience Brahms' Great Choral Masterwork

The Austin Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director/conductor extraordinaire Peter Bray welcome The Conspirare Symphonic Choir, as well as the ensemble's lyric soprano Heather Phillips and baritone Paul Mac Tipton, for a soul-stirring performance of Johannes Brahms' 'Ein Deutsche's Requiem' alongside the German romantic icon's 'Variations on the St. Antoni Chorale'. 

Completed in 1868, Brahms' exquisite Requiem stems from his anguish over the loss of both his mother and mentor Robert Schumann. In his mourning, Brahms chose his own verses from Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible (hence the title A German Requiem), selecting New and Old testament passages that not only paid respects to the dead but comforted those left behind. Its intimacy, precision and contrapuntal clarity mark it as one of the greatest choral masterpieces of all time.