Vier ernste Gesänge

What does a chorus do after they perform the Alto Rhapsody? Answer: Four Serious Songs. This arrangement includes the original piano accompaniment by Brahms. Includes Brahms's original German text and a singable English translation by Paul England (alt). Duration: 18:20 Contents: 1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen (One thing befalleth the beasts) Ecclesiastes 3:19-22 2. Ich wandte mich und sahe (So I returned and did consider) Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du (O death, how bitter art thou) Ecclesiastes 41 4. Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete (Though I speak with the tongues of men, and of the angels) I Corinthians 13:1-3, 12-13