Brahms Requiem

Tonight, Tom and I took off a little before 7pm for our Monday night rehearsal with the Arlington Master Chorale. We are enjoying that time SO much!! We will be performing Johannes Brahms' Requiem in English rather than in German a week from this Thursday and Friday nights with full orchestra. I can't tell you how beautiful, melodic, and inspirational this choral work is! It has 7 movements and lasts about 1 hour and a half. As we sing, I envision Heaven, worshipping God, and thinking that maybe, just maybe Jesus will remove the "veil" and allow Mommie and Daddy Mac and Daddy Dwight to see and hear it! The music is absolutely angelic and majestic, in that I envision and think that it must be a close resemblance of what the heavenly beings must sound like! A Requiem is a funeral service, but this one by Brahms does not have the traditional Kyrie, Agnus Dei, In Paradisium, etc. This one surrounds itself around the theme of "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted; and, "Blessed are they who die in the Lord." I wish all of our family could join us for one of the performances and experience the beautiful voices along with the orchestra!! Tom and I have never sung anything like it. If you have not heard the work, you can download it from Itunes for about $10. That is what Tom and I have been practicing with between rehearsals. If you can come, we will be at Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday evening, the 17th at 8pm in Arlington, and on Friday night, the 18th, at University Christian Church by TCU in Fort Worth at 8pm., AND we have tickets for sale.