July 30, 2011 11:35:50 AM
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Brahms "A German Requiem"
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... performed in English, preferably with the Alice Parker translation (Robert Shaw edition), such as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's recording.
In 2001, the Monmouth Civic Chorus (Red Bank, NJ) performed this in a fund-raiser for the victims of 9/11. The consoling text chosen by Brahms is comforting to followers of all faiths.
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Gerald Metz
