Brahms Requiem, Saturday, Jul 22, 2023 7:30PM

Item details

Date

Saturday, Jul 22, 2023 7:30PM

Location

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Name

Brahms Requiem

Description

Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra with the acclaimed Grant Park Chorus and soloists in Johannes Brahms' choral masterpiece A German Requiem, written for the bereaved after the death of the composer's mother. The concert opens with another choral tribute, Joel Thompson' chilling cantata Seven Last Words of the Unarmed. Each movement is a setting of the last words uttered by seven unarmed men who were killed by police officers or by vigilantes—Kenneth Chamberlain, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, John Crawford, and Eric Garner. The Festival welcomes soloists Maeve Höglund and baritone Hugh Russell.

Joel Thompson: Seven Last Words of the Unarmed  
Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem

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