Sat, May 13
|E.J. Thomas Hall
Brahms Requiem
Akron Symphony Orchestra Valerie Coleman Umoja: Anthem of Unity Johannes Brahms A German Requiem Christopher Wilkins, conductor Brianna Robinson, soprano Brian Keith Johnson, baritone Akron Symphony Chorus
Time & Location
May 13, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
E.J. Thomas Hall, 198 Hill St, Akron, OH 44325, USA
About the event
Valerie Coleman’s Umoja expresses the joy of community, through a single irresistibly catchy tune. Not since Bobby McFerrin’s Don’t Worry, Be Happy has a composer created such memorably euphoric music. Deep joy lies also at the heart of Brahms’ Requiem. It is his most personal work, composed as a response to the death of his mother. Its focus is not on the past, but on the present. The work’s majestic harmonies and soaring melodic lines are for us: they are comfort for the living.