Brahms' German Requiem

. Place Albert Schweitzer

A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms is again offered at the Protestant Church of Haguenau. Unlike the traditional Latin Requiem Mass, Brahms wrote it in German and it is often described as a humanist Requiem, focusing more on consolation and reflection on the human experience than on the hereafter or judgment. The work was composed between 1865 and 1868, following the death of Brahms' mother, which deeply influenced the tone and themes of the work. It consists of seven movements, associating orchestral textures…