First rehearsal: Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 7:00 pm at St. John’s Church in New Milford.
Dress rehearsal: Saturday, June 6, 2026.
Concert date: Sunday, June 7, 2026. Concert is at 3:00 PM at St. John’s Church in New Milford.
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Music PDF with markings
We will provide printed music scores as usual, but if you want to download the music to your tablet, here is the PDF file (with Knox’s markings):
Practice Aids
- From Henry, here’s an interlinear word-for-word translation. Like many of us, Henry sometimes wants to know “What’s that word?” Many translations adhere to the gist of the text but are adapted to fit English words to the music. This translation, while not singable, is a word-for-word translation of the German to English.
- Bass Martin Baltus recommends Johannes Brahms – Chord Perfect. “You just sing along with your voice and like CyberBass have the option to slow it down in the more difficult passages. It is free of charge but occasionally you will see a pop-up page for a voluntary donation which you can just click away if you don’t feel inclined to donate. I do donate because I think it is a very helpful site.”
- From alto Sara Coles: “Another rehearsal aid is Brahms German Requiem – Cyberbass, which I find very helpful for learning notes.”
- From alto Jill Sauser, here’s a German Pronunciation Guide
Recommended Recordings
From Knox: There are many fabulous recordings that can be an aid in hearing your part in the context of the others. I can certainly recommend the only professional recording of this chamber orchestration (by David Hill and the Yale Schola Cantorum), which you can stream on Spotify for free. (You’ll just have some ads.) It’s also available on YouTube.
Two recordings with full orchestra that I have enjoyed over the years are those by John Eliot Gardiner and Philippe Herreweghe.