Schicksalslied
Arrangement for chamber orchestra (arr. R. Adrian) op. 54, 1871/2017
With his Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), inspired by a text by Friedrich Hölderlin, Brahms created a timeless piece of music with his personal interpretation of the idea of destiny. The work is impressive both in the concert hall and in a sacred space.
With the publication of this arrangement for chamber orchestra, smaller choirs, as well as choirs with more limited resources of space or finance, can now perform this work too. The scoring (for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, timpani, and strings) is identical with the chamber orchestra version of the German Requiem (Carus 27.055/50), so that the two works can easily be combined in a concert program. A trumpet and trombone can be added ad libitum. The choral parts match the original version, so that the vocal score and choral score from that version can be used.
- Major choral work can also be performed by smaller choir
- Wind and brass parts of the original version reduced to just seven single instruments
- Vocal scores and chorus scores from the original version can be used.
| Original Version | Arrangement for Chamber Orchestra |
| Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 2 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb | Coro SATB Fl, Ob, Clt, Fg, Cor, Tr ad lib., Trb ad lib, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb |
Recording:
ENCORE KammerchorDirigent: Matthias Rajczyk
L'arpa festante München
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Composer
Johannes Brahms
| 1833-1897Johannes Brahms' study of musical tradition was of crucial importance to his output: he combined church modes, canonic technique, Baroque style and diction, Bach's counterpoint and Beethoven's thematic-motivic work with the harmonic and expressive achievements of Romanticism to form his own distinctive style. In this respect his choral songs and vocal quartets (e.g. the “Liebeslieder Waltzes” and “New Liebeslieder Waltzes”), often to folk song texts, in which a musical microcosm unfolds, are examplary. His “Deutsches Requiem”, available from Carus in several different versions, constitutes one of the most fascinating confessions of faith in the history of music. Personal details
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Arranger
Russell Adrian
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Württembergische Blätter für Kirchenmusik, 4/2020
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Can I also use the “normal” vocal score /03 and the choral score /05 from the full-scale version to sing the version presented here?
Can the string parts of the original version (Carus 10.399/00) also be used for the arrangement?
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