Entersect presents Brahms Requiem with St. John the Divine Chorale and River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

The St. John’s Chorale in partnership with the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra will present a free concert featuring Brahms deeply spiritual Requiem on Saturday, April 8 at 5 p.m. at The Church of St. John the Divine. The concert is part of St. John’s new arts series, Entersect, where life and art meet.

Brahms’ monumental work in non-liturgical in the conventional sense of the Requiem Mass, but one of the great faith in the Resurrection. Brahms created a libretto comprised of scriptures of faith, comfort and joy. In both the music and text is an underlying movement from darkness into light; from mourning transformed into comfort; from pondering the inevitability of one’s fate to great rejoicing. 

Let your soul be moved in preparation for the larger journey of Holy Week that begins the following day on Palm Sunday.