Brahms German Requiem; How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place; Klemperer

[ElNath645]

This just goes to show that not all requiems have to sound sad.

[chrisevanz]

I didn't watch it because of the disgusting and inappropriate advert. Well done - I now hate that product.

[LIonGraphiK]

I was absolutely in love with this piece, first come singing it over and then second time singing it as a bass- there is so much you can get out of the words! The music is very well written for the word painting to have a great effect; Wie Lieb;)

[Sangesmann1]

Lobet ihn immerdar für dieses schöne Stück For englisch For this wonderful act of music

[longstre]

so soothing



[kingjezza]

Whenever I read Psalm 84, this music ALWAYS comes to mind. Thank you God, for Johannes Brahms, and for the German Requiem. :-D

[Kodee141414]

I love this song. It's a monster to sing. I loved every minute of working on it.

And I also like how, for the entire song, you get a good look of Brahms' epic beard and mustache combo

[Windsifan70]

Brahms at the moment with the Windsbacher Knabenchor life in BR TV - life stream world wide...:)

I make a recording and shall upload the one or two of it !!!!!

It´s a benefit concert for Japan.

[GingerInk2]

I keep listening over and over and over...can't seem to get enough of it. Is there such a thing as "enough"?!! I *love* this piece! Thank you, Johannes Brahms!

[AlineMaryse]

We are training this for our next concerts. I always have tears in my eyes singing this, it's like an eternal moment...

[iuppolarbear]

I fell in love with this masterwork years ago...and the fourth movement is my favorite. Very moving.

Love how Brahms wrote his requiem for the living....a refreshing change from all the ones written for the dead. (Don't get me wrong, I love those too...just a change is good sometimes.)

Maybe it's just a musician thing, or a church musician thing (well, I'm both)...but, you know how you create your own 'funeral list' of music....music for when you are gone - This is on my list.

[GingerInk2]

@iuppolarbear

I love that idea--a requiem for the living! Thank you!

And yes--this is a "must include" for a funeral list of music!

[Backpagetear]

i'm swept away by this piece every time like its the first time i am hearing it.

[punkinroller1]

My first wife and I sang this, in the 60s, in HS, as most on here have said.

We rejoiced when we learned our church choir was going to do this lovely

song also. Our favorite segment was at the end where it bridges from one

soaring note to the other (no breath here please). She 1st Soprano, I 1st

Tenor.

[meemo506]

Singing this for KMEA. Love it. :D

[Joanieart]

We are singing this in the Plano Civic Chorus. Love it!

[tomharrison714]

i first sang this piece @ age 13 and loved it then and still do

[DBGOGIRL]

A+  usa

[refalls1]

I wonder what the 5 people who disliked this didn't like about it. Just curious. any ideas?

[HORROR1130]

@refalls1 Maybe they're ghosts resurrected from the pre-World War I era, when it was felt that true devotees of Strauss must hate Brahms?

[sofi1996101]

SOPRANO 1 ALL THE WAY!! THATS THE WAY TO GO :3

[missgigi123]

@sofi1996101 i was soprano 1 when we sang it in high school! one of my fav songs of all to times!

[jjay801]

This has a wonderful bass part, although it seems to balance all four lines pretty equally. When I sang it our director likened then finale to waves crashing one upon the other. A beautiful and moving piece.

[Xxmykewxx]

nj all state is gonna kick some ass singing this, just saying

TENOR 1 ALL THE WAY!

[mforrestal100]

groovy

[hipchops]

str8 banga

[DonalCr]

dis is unrel

[jgar6]

Sang this in All State Chior!

[lks1192]

@jgar6 i'm singing this in all states too!

[MrSassy1395]

@jgar6 this is one our audtions pieces for my area.

[titanicnerdclay]

@jgar6 I did too!!! Idaho All State 2010 baby!!!

[drpickett]

bkmac10 speaks the truth - This piece is one of music's miracles - It is a work of transcendent sublime beauty - The triple fugue in the 3rd mvt is, however, a true ball-breaker

[Musician0296]

ahhh we are performing this song in a concert for remembrance day, it is a very beautiful piece. :)

[ancady10]

we are singing this in our concert choir in high school.

[HarrynDraco136]

were singing this in my choir

[y0ut00bmast3r]

were singing this in choir which im a freshman in high school and this is like a college level peice at least but i really like it

[bkmac10]

This piece, as difficult as it is to do well, is one of the "easier" movements in Brahms' German Requiem. The triplet fugue in the third movement is one of the hardest things I've ever sang with a choir.

I'm glad to hear you're doing it in high school. Appreciate it. Its a true work of masterful art. Just glorious!

[SwakyJane]

we're totes singing this song in choir! it's so pretty

[Sinfoniette]

Klemperer's recording is definitely my favorite!