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8 p.m. A Celebration of Brahms, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. Featuring the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Harvard Wind Ensemble, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society and Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum. Tickets: $6/8/11 students; $8/11/13 general. Sanders Theatre.
The orchestra left the stage after the overture, and a massed chorus of over 160, comprised of the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, took place behind the empty chairs for the performance of Fest und Gedenkspruche, Op. 109. Brahms composed this piece...
This a cappella piece consists of three different songs based on Bible texts taken from Psalms, Luke, Matthew and Deuteronomy. Each section has a distinctive feel, and in sequence they seem to trace the history of Brahms' own musical influences: From Handel and Bach in the first section to painfully...
The music fits the text perfectly, the orchestra opening with what must be one of the most sublime melodies Brahms ever wrote. The soprano and alto sections of the chorus entered with the woodwinds to introduce the text, with the male voices joining in later.
The second half of the concert consisted of Brahms' Symphony No. 3 in F Major. Throughout his life, Brahms struggled with writing symphonies. In the early stages of his career, he felt as if he wrote in the shadow of Beethoven's symphonic tradition yet was not worthy of it...