Just as Brahms sought a new form and message with his Ein deutsches Requiem, so students will continue this search and investigate various rituals of mourning and closure in different societies.
Each of the five movements of "Death of Light / Light of Death" by Jonathan Harvey depicts a figure in Grünewald’s famous Isenheim Altarpiece. The altarpiece itself will be the basis for discussion by students...
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is based on medieval texts dealing with happiness, intoxication, gluttony, hedonism, love and the inescapable wheel of fortune.
