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Beloved Brahms

Schola Cantorum

October 18, 2009

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Schola Cantorum’s concert season opens with an all-time audience and singer favorite – Brahms’ beloved and lush Ein deutsches Requiem. Music director, Gregory Wait, leads the chorus through Brahms’ arrangement scored for piano four-hands, an intimate setting affording the rare opportunity to hear and enjoy all those perfectly crafted choral nuances that make this one of the most expressive and moving pieces ever written. That’s not to say that the composer was without a lighter side, as you’ll discover when the choir dances through Brahms’ playful love-song waltzes, the sometimes lyrical, sometimes pensive, sometimes rollicking Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52.

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  Dates:
  October 18, 2009

  Times:
  4pm

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  First Congregational Church - Palo Alto

  1985 Louis Road Palo Alto, CA 94303

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  • Event Name: Beloved Brahms
    "Schola in its own element"
    Review posted by: Jim Fenton from Los Altos, CA USA, Oct 21, 2009
    

    Schola Cantorum and its Music Director Gregory Wait are particularly at home singing in German, and especially when they are singing Brahms. This was particularly evident in Sunday's Beloved Brahms... Expand

    Schola Cantorum and its Music Director Gregory Wait are particularly at home singing in German, and especially when they are singing Brahms. This was particularly evident in Sunday's Beloved Brahms concert, which began on a lighter note with the Liebeslieder Waltzes and, following intermission, Ein Deutsches Requiem. Unlike many performances that feature a full orchestra, this one was accompanied by Schola's Assistant Conductor, Dawn Horst Reyen and Paul Zawilski on piano. This allowed the audience to experience the full range of Schola's considerable dynamic and artistic range. It also permitted the choir to sing more expressively than when singing over heavier instrumentation. This concert was an excellent demonstration of Schola doing what it does best. A very enjoyable autumn afternoon. Collapse