Stephen Johnson explores Brahms's Symphony No. 1, which took the composer a long time to compose. Brahms had a number of disappointments as an orchestral composer, in particular the reception of his ...

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The program opens with Can You See? by New Jersey Symphony’s new Resident Artistic Partner Allison Loggins-Hull. In 2021, Loggins-Hull was commissioned to write the piece for the New Jersey Symphony ...

Brahms expended some 20 years of blood, sweat and tears before he finally put the finishing touches on his very first symphony. His friend Robert Schumann played a big role in what took so long.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform one of the great romantic symphonies by Johannes Brahms in a programme of music that spans three centuries. The guest conductor for this performance, filmed ...

Four concerts, eight symphonies, two great composers. Under the direction of Alondra de la Parra, the Munich Symphony Orchestra interprets works by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák. The highlights ...

Experience the power and passion of The Phoenix Symphony with guest conductor William Eddins. Experience the power and passion of The Phoenix Symphony with guest conductor William Eddins. Violinist ...