Yesterday we got to go into the house to watch the first half of the concert and now it is one of my goals to learn Brahms' Four Serious Songs (which I hadn't really been familiar with) because those definitely reached into my chest and grabbed me by the heart. Holy hell those are good.
(it's that thing where it's biblical texts that aren't directly about God but are extremely human -- three passages from Ecclesiastes + the faith/hope/love passage from Corinthians -- and idk, that sort of thing just really gets me)
#they performed them with detlev glanert's orchestrations/preludes and it was so good#dashon burton was the soloist#he also sang the bass solo in the mozart requiem#and hot damn he's great#all our soloists were great#ANYWAY these have been performed by singers of multiple genders so#i gotta find a score#i think i'd probably sing them really well