Gesang der Parzen, Op.89
Brahms enriched the genre of chorus and orchestra with two impressive works from the early 1880s: In 1881, he set a text to Schiller's Nanie (Op.82, four-part chorus and orchestra) and the next year (1882) he set Goethe's text for Gesang der Parzen, Op.89 (Song of the Fates) which explores the concept of fate as it relates to mankind. The ...