5th March 2021
AIR, Goa FM 105.4 Khz
Livestream: https://onlineradiofm.in/goa/panaji/fm-rainbow
SIESTA TIME 2.30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
HIGHLIGHT
Warum ist das Licht
gegeben dem Muhseligen
[Why is light given to the weary]
Op.74, No. 1
Sacred Motet
A Cappella
Biblical sources:
Job 3: 20-23 (First movement)
Lamentations 3: 41 (Second movement)
James 5:11 (Third movement)
Composed: 1877
Duration: 8.21 mins. (approx.)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German composer. He is remembered for his German Requiem, his four symphonies, his chamber work, and his lullaby in D. He popularized the folk music of Hungary with his Hungarian dances.
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen / [Why is light given to the weary] is sung a cappella in German. It is a motet based on the Book of Job in the Bible. Job is weary. He feels God is against him. If God is against him, he reasons, what is the point of living? Yet the motet reaches for God and ends in hope - with patience and endurance seen as virtues.
Brahms was a perfectionist. He burnt 20 of his string quartets (along with several other writings) because he was not satisfied with them.
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