Concert Review: A Scoreless Tie

Daniele Gatti leads Ein Deutsches Requiem at Carnegie Hall.
by Paul J. Pelkonen

Slowhand: Daniele Gatti led the Vienna Philharmonic last weekend at Carnegie Hall.
Photo from Daniele.Gatti.com 

Last Sunday afternoon's concert at Carnegie Hall marked the end of the Vienna Philharmonic's three-concert Brahms-fest with that compser's Ein Deutsches Requiem. Brahms' longest and most challenging composition is a seven-part alternative to the Latin death mass, using German texts from the Lutheran Bible to offer comfort and consolation to the grieving instead of the (more usual) fire and brimstone.