For the final concert of our 6oth season celebration, Maestro Markward has chosen two beloved works by Johannes Brahms, Variations on a Theme of Haydn and Ein deutsches Requiem. Both of these works are loved by musicians and audiences all over the world and the Requiem especially has a place dear to the collective hearts of the members of RICCO. Brahms chose the texts himself from the Luther Bible and them in such a way as to provide comfort and uplift to those who hear it and perform it. Furthermore, he wrote it in the vernacular of the people and thought of it as a “people’s mass.” It is a large-scale work in every way, and we are delighted to be joined by members of the Sippican Choral Society from Marion, Massachusetts and its fine conductor, Tianxu Zhou.