50(b) - Johannes Brahms pt. 15b "Tokens of Friendship" a classical music podcast
Brahms pt. 15b: we detail the course of the Brahms-Joachim relationship as they return to something like their former friendly relations and...
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This classical music podcast explores the history and lives of some of western classical music's most famous composers and musicians. Classical music is filled with very colorful personaliti...
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50(a)- Johannes Brahms pt. 15a "Tokens of Friendship" a classical music podcast
Brahms pt. 15a: we return to the life narrative of our great composer, picking up where we left him in the summer of 1879 adding the finishi...
49 - Johannes Brahms pt. 14 "The Violin Concerto" a classical music podcast
In Brahms pt. 14 our pause in the narrative continues as we study the greatest of all violin concertos, that by Johannes Brahms. We will ana...
48 - Johannes Brahms pt. 13 "The Second Symphony" a classical music podcast
In Brahms pt. 13 we pause the narrative and retrace our steps to spend some more time with the Second Symphony. A brief discussion of the sy...
47 - Johannes Brahms pt. 12 "Why the Light is Given" a classical music podcast
Pt. 12: It is early November 1876 and Brahms is in the audience as the orchestra at Carlsruhe premieres his first symphony in C minor. The c...
46 - Johannes Brahms pt. 11 "A Symphony" a classical music podcast
It is summer 1876. Brahms is vacationing with his friend George Henschel on the Baltic island or Rügen and finishing work on his first symph...
45 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 10 "From the Soul of the Purest Youth" a classical music podcast
It is December 1871 and Johannes Brahms has finally established permanent residence in the music loving city of Vienna. Still, his thoughts...
44 - "Interview with Alan Walker and Daniel Vnukowski" a classical music podcast
I am pleased to be joined during this episode by Alan Walker, celebrated author of biographies of Franz Liszt, Frederick Chopin and others,...
43 - Johannes Brahms pt. 9 "A Lovely Dwelling Place" - Classical Music Podcast
Ep. 43 – It is Good Friday, April 10, 1868 in Bremen and Brahms has just finished giving the premiere of his German Requiem . It is a comple...
42b - Johannes Brahms pt. 8 "The Scent of Lilac" - Classical Music Podcast
Ep 42(b) - It is early 1865. Brahms's mother has just passed away. Filled with emotion he grudgingly moves from winter to spring, entering a...
42a - Johannes Brahms pt. 8 "The Scent of Lilac" - Classical Music Podcast
Ep. 42(a) - It is late November 1862. We find Johannes Brahms in Vienna making a great success of himself for once but reeling from a devast...
41 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 7 "Vignettes and Vienna" - Classical Music Podcast
In Ep. 41 Johannes Brahms continues his toil, conducing the ladies' choir, playing concerts, and composing; working to build a life and care...
40 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 6 "Warring With the Wizard of Weimar" - Classical Music Podcast
In ep. 40 we find Johannes Brahms struggling to recover and learn from the defeat of his D minor Piano Concerto at Leipzig's Gewandhaus in J...
39 - Rebecca Smithorn and The National Philharmonic's YouTube Series "Composers in Crisis"
I'm pleased to welcome to the show Rebecca Smithorn, cover conductor and lecturer with the National Philharmonic. Rebecca is host of the Nat...
38 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 5 "Gordian Knots" - Classical Music Podcast
In Ep. 38 we pick up with Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann in the weeks following Robert Schumann's death in July 1856, trying to make sen...
37 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 4 "Waiting in the Wings" - Classical Music Podcast
Stay healthy and well! Ep. 37 – In late 1853, having impressed important musicians across Germany, especially Robert and Clara Schumann, Joh...
36 - "Antonio Stradivari, and the Violin Makers of Cremona" a Yuletide Special - Classical Music Podcast
In this special episode "Antonio Stradivari, and the Violin Makers of Cremona" we explore the lives of Cremona's greatest violin makers. Cre...
35 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 3 "New Germans and New Paths" - Classical Music Podcast
Ep. 35 - In April 1853, Johannes Brahms left Hamburg with the Hungarian violinist Eduard Reményi for a short concert tour of North German to...
34 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 2 "Summer Idylls" - Classical Music Podcast
In Ep. 34 we see Johannes Brahms complete his adolescence and become a young adult. Along the way he is tested severely, leading a double li...
33 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 1 "A Cup Half Full" - Classical Music Podcast
In Ep. 33, The Life of Johannes Brahms, pt. 1 "A Cup Half Full" we meet the great composer's father, Johann Jakob Brahms. Jakob was a versat...