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Brahms Requiem

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Bram's Requiem - B Flat Major

This is the most mass like music in the requiem so far. Bram sometimes doesn't get enough credit for his orchestration. It's here where i really hear that he is just 34 years old. His style retains some rashness and power that his later music would shy away from. He changes the music to something much brighter, as the text is now pulled from james in the new testament. But the word of the lord endures forever. And the ransomed of the lord shall return and come to zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness. And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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