Musical Sunday – Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem

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The third musical Sunday should take place on Memorial Day. Now we will catch it up on the 1st Advent and bring it to your home free of charge. The writer Marcus Imbsweiler and the composer Timo Jouko Herrmann are dealing with the “German Requiem”, Johannes Brahms’ confessionally and liturgically unbound funeral music.

The music is based on a free compilation of biblical texts on the themes of mourning and hope for the afterlife. Brahms used musical means of expression and compositional techniques from various epochs, which he brilliantly fused into a deeply moving, timeless opus.

With Timo Jouko Herrmann and Marcus Imbsweiler, two enthusiasts who have their very own linguistic approach to music have their say. Imbsweiler has published novels and short stories about composers from Haydn to Shostakovich.
Herrmann is guest conductor of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra; his rediscovery of the joyful song “Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia”, composed by Salieri, Mozart and Cornetti, made him famous worldwide.

We wish you a great 1st Advent and much joy!