Tag: Brahms

• Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1878)

  Nov 17

  The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, was composed by Johannes Brahms in 1878 and dedicated to his friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. It is Brahms’s only violin concerto,… more ›

• Timothy Andres and his many, varied musical influences

  Apr 30

  Timothy Andres grew up listening to Brahms and Beethoven as he studied piano at the Juilliard School’s precollege program. When he enrolled at Yale in 2003, he discovered a new… more ›

• Dvořák, Shostakovich, Brahms and fireworks from Bychkov, the LSO

  Mar 29

  Semyon Bychkov has already impressed me with his handling of last year’s revival of the Royal Opera House’s Don Carlos, so his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra was one… more ›

• Clarinet Gets Acrobatic Workout

  Feb 16

  In his brilliant Clarinet Concerto, Magnus Lindberg exploits myriad facets of what the instrument can do, from playing soaring melodic lines to making almost rude-sounding noises. He composed the work… more ›

• Leonard Bernstein on the Mystery Behind the Music

  Feb 15

  Imagine this: you drop onto the sofa on a Sunday afternoon, switch on the TV and see a dapper young man with a baton standing before an orchestra and demonstrating… more ›