Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem (a German Requiem)

Name: Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem (a German Requiem)
Start: 2024-11-17T16:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-17T17:30:00+00:00
Location: Church of the Assumption

Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem and Mendelssohn's String Symphony No 3 performed by Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and the Dun Laoghaire Consort

By Dun Laoghaire Choral Society

Date and time

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:00 - 17:30 GMT

Location

Church of the Assumption

Castle Street Dalkey Ireland

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

As for the title, I must admit I should like to leave out the word ‘German’ and refer instead to ‘Humanity'. Johannes Brahms

Join Dun Laoghaire Choral Society for the first concert of our 2024-2025 season.

Under the direction of John Doyle and accompanied by the Dun Laoghaire Consort, we shall be joined by the wonderful soprano Aisling Kenny and baritone Eoin Foran.

The concert will begin with Felix Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 3 in E Minor (MVW N3), performed by the Dun Laoghaire Consort. Inspired by a family visit to Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Mendelssohn wrote the evocative symphony when he was just 12 years old.

The String Symphony will be followed by the main work for this concert: Johannes Brahms' moving Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45 . First performed in 1869, Brahms began working on his requiem in 1857. It has been suggested that the work may reflect Brahms' deeply personal response to the death of his close friend Robert Schumann in 1856 and his mother in1865.

Unlike other requiems that are aligned to the Catholic Mass for the Dead, this powerful work is without doctrine while remaining profoundly spiritual. Offering hope and solace, it is thus a requiem for all of humanity.

Tickets

The ticket price for this concert is €25.00

Concession tickets are priced at €20.00. These are available for people who are unwaged, those on pensions, and students in full-time education.

NB PLEASE DO NOT buy tickets from third parties on social media. We cannot guarantee the authenticity of such transactions. Claiming a change of plans or other reasons to flog non-existent tickets is a known scam.

We very much look forward to welcoming you to our performance of Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 3 in E Minor and Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem).

Concert Programme

Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 3 in E Minor (MWV N3), performed by the Dun Laoghaire Consort

Johannes Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45

Ein deutsches Requiem Movements

Matthew 5:4: Opening Chorus; “Blessed are They that Mourn.”
I Peter: 1:24: “All is flesh is as the Grass.” . Also included are quotes from James 5:7, Peter I:25, and Isaiah 35:10.
Psalm 39 4–7: “Lord Make us to Know Mine End” and the Wisdom of Solomon, 3:2.
Psalm 84: 1, 2, and 4 :“How Lovely is They Dwelling Place.”
John 16:22 :“Ye now are sorrowful.” Texts in this movement also include those from John 16:22, Isaiah 66:13, and Ecclesiastes 51:35.
Corinthians 15:51, 52, 54, and 55: “Behold I show you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed, in the moment, in the twinkling of an eye… and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed….” Also, texts from Hebrews 13:14 (“For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”)
Revelation 14:13: “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them.”