Aside from symphonies by Brahms, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Wagner in the Classical Series, the Film + Live Orchestra Series ...

The piano was Johannes Brahms’ instrument of choice, and it’s clear from his many compositions featuring the piano that he knew the instrument inside out. But when it came time to compose a violin ...

Gerry Steichen set out on a mission to perform all four Brahms symphonies when he was selected as the new music director and conductor of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra four years ago. This mission ...

Brahms’s music has been lodging in Edward Gardner’s mind and imagination for many a long year – back to the early 1990s, when ...

Johannes Brahms can be forgiven for taking, by some accounts, anywhere from 14 to 21 years to complete his First Symphony. It was expected that he would follow in the mighty footsteps of that other ...

When Brahms was told that the theme of the final movement of his first symphony sounded like Beethoven, he reportedly said, "Any idiot can tell that." Hear famous maestros lead the music. The Four ...

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Pianist Helene Grimaud will perform several, Brahms concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Boston's Symphony Hall through Nov. 17. (Photo by Mat Hennek, courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon, Boston ...

With the Brahms Festival, San Antonio Symphony Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing is ahead of schedule. “Normally, as a conductor, it would take you 10 years to make it through all the Brahms, ...

The Four Symphonies of Johannes Brahms provide the perfect universe for any conductor. Each symphony is a small planet, with its own unique ecosystem. Yet each of the symphonies is transformed and ...