Johannes Brahms composed 4 symphonies, as well as chamber music, three sonatas for violin and piano, two great piano concertos, songs, works for Cello, compositions for solo piano, and more…
Before directing his career toward composition, he was a choir director for many years. When his mother died, he composed his Requiem in her memory. He used texts from both the old and the new testaments.
The super critical Viennese public who first heard this masterpiece criticized Brahms because the word “Jesus” does not appear in the text…
While there are two singers as soloists, there is a huge role for the chorus in Brahms’ work. I think it is a deeply moving work. Check it out below:
