the judges have spoken, and...

[jade_sabre_301]

This is my favorite movement of the entire Brahms Requiem, which I sang on Saturday. I will admit that the sexy sexy string runs right before the 3/4 sections of the sixth movement are mind-blowingly good, but this whole movement is mind-blowingly wonderful

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[philia_fan]

I am partial to movement three (Lehre doch mich -- all too appropriate), Dr. C is a fan of movement 6 (God as the mother).

The Requiem is a truly amazing choral piece. For one thing, I am always impressed at how Brahms really knew how to write for the human voice -- every part sings in its plum range (unlike trying to sing Beethoven's ninth or something) and every part has a beautiful line of its own. But I also love his choice of text.

(But say, isn't it, um, a little Protestant for y'all?)

[jade_sabre_301]

six and three are probably my next favorites, in that order. NUN HERR WES SOLL ICH MICH TROSTEN gah. So wonderful.

(and, well, it's certainly not a traditional requiem, but I don't think there's anything overtly Protestant in it that would be out-and-out wrong. :-b)

[philia_fan]

(mostly I was kidding, but after all he did throw out the standard requiem form completely)

[jade_sabre_301]

(yes, and in looking at it, and what he said about writing it as a requiem to comfort the living, rather than praying for the dead--that's definitely a Protestant shift...interesting! thank you for making me think about it. how are you doing?)