Choral Pieces of the Day, Installments 59A and B:
Six Quartets, Op. 112,
by Johannes Brahms,
Arranged for SATB Chorus and Orchestra;
Composed 1891, Arranged 2023
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Once again, inspired by my time in the skilled Cleveland Heights High School Choir (OH) during the mid 1970s, these two arrangements have been ruminating in my imagination for decades. I finally realized them last year. They would work great on a concert alongside Robert Shaw's orchestration of Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes. Perhaps I will arrange the remaining titles in Brahms' Op. 112 if a premiere performance is given of either or both of these arrangements.
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"Sehnsucht" (Longing) from Sechs Quartette, Op. 112, No. 1 (Brahms/Hoffman, arr.) - SATB chorus and orchestra - German Text by Franz Kugler - arr. 2023.
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Nächtens (At Night) from Sechs Quartette, Op. 112, No. 2 (Brahms/Hoffman, arr.) - SATB chorus and orchestra - German Text by Franz Kugler - arr. 2023.
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Thank you for your time and attention.
Stanley M. Hoffman, PhD
Es rinnen die Wasser Tag und Nacht, Deine Sehnsucht wacht. Du gedenkest der vergangenen Zeit, Die liegt so weit. Du siehst hinaus in den Morgenschein Und bist allein. Es rinnen die Wasser Tag und Nacht, Deine Sehnsucht wacht.
—Franz Kugler
The waters flow day and night,
Your longing is awake.
You think of the past,
It lies so far away.
You look out into the morning light
And are alone.
The waters flow day and night,
Your longing is awake.
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Nächtens wachen auf die irren, Lügenmächt'gen Spukgestalten, Welche deinen Sinn verwirren. Nächtens ist im Blumengarten Reif gefallen, daß vergebens Du der Blumen würdest warten. Nächtens haben Gram und Sorgen In dein Herz sich eingenistet, Und auf Tränen blickt der Morgen.
—Franz Kugler
At night the crazy, lying ghosts wake up,
which confuse your mind.
At night frost has fallen in the flower garden,
so that you would wait in vain for the flowers.
At night grief and worry have taken hold
in your heart,
and the morning looks forward to tears.
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