VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

Bart Van Reyn conducts Vlaams Radiokoor, with Jan Michiels & Inge Spinette (piano) & Thomas Oliemans (baritone)
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45: VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt
recorded on January 21, 2021 at Flagey in Brussels
by Evil Penguin Productions
www.vlaamsradiokoor.be
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Johannes Brahms is an icon. When you say Johannes, you know it refers to Brahms. The successor to Beethoven, the sober man who took seriousness very seriously, the chief protagonist of the classical tradition, an intimate friend of the Schumanns.
But how well do we really know Brahms? How close does he let us come to him through his music? In search of the man who was Brahms, through his Requiem and the music of his good friend Robert Schumann.
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Brahms may have taken music very seriously, but he also knew how to have a good time! I also think his connection to the classical tradition can be overstated. After all, Schoenberg listed him as a hero and a revolutionary, which I believe is correct.