Christian Thielemann and Lisa Batiashvili performing Brahms in Dresden. The concert is part of Christian Thielemann’s Brahms-Cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden. On the program: Brahms, Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80, the Violin Concerto D major, Op. 77 and the Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98.
Christian Thielemann – Brahms Cycle: Symphony No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 2 with Maurizio Pollini
The third part of Christian Thielemann’s Brahms Cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden. On the program: BRAHMS’ piano concerto no. 2 B major op.83, with Maurizio Pollini as soloist, and Brahms’ symphony no. 2 D major. The evening is completed by Ferruccio Busoni’s: “Lustspiel-Ouvertüre” op. 38
Mehta and Midori perform Brahms and Hindemith
To celebrate her 30th stage jubilee acclaimed Japanese violinist Midori chose a very special partner, conductor Zubin Mehta, who also conducted her concert debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1983 when she was eleven years old. In this concert with the Münchner Philharmoniker she performs a milestone of violin literature: BRAHMS’ Violin Concerto in D major. The concert is accompanied by Brahms’ Tragic Overture and Hindemith’s symphony “Mathis der Maler”. HINDEMITH, once the “bad boy” of the German music scene (New York Musical Courier) composed the symphony – using melodies from his opera of the same name – in commission for Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1934. Its first performance was a huge success but also caused a hate campaign that made Hindemith emigrate from Germany.
Stars of Tomorrow presented by Rolando Villazón – Episode 23
With unparalleled charm and whirlwind exuberance, world-renowned tenor Rolando Villazón hosts a unique television special in which young musical “stars of tomorrow” are introduced to millions of music lovers as soloists in performances with the Junge Sinfonie Berlin under the baton of Giedre Slekyte und Elias Grandy – a highly successful, casual, briskly paced concert series that appeals to young audiences!
Stars of Tomorrow presented by Rolando Villazón – Episode 10
Program: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartÖ: Oboe concerto, D major, Allegro aperto / Pietro Mascagni: Quella è una strada, Aria of Tartaglia from «Le Maschere» / Astor Piazzolla: Otoño Porteño / Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Rondo / Robert Schumann / Franz Liszt: Widmung / Erich Wolfgang Korngold: „Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen“, Aria of Fritz from “Die Tote Stadt” / Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for violin and oboe, Andante / Giuseppe Verdi: Il pouveretto / Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6
Springtime in Vienna 2024
Say goodbye to winter blues with this musical bouquet of wonderful melodies. Every year, the Wiener Symphoniker ring in the spring season with their Easter Concert, which has been a major highlight of Vienna’s musical calendar for more than 40 years. This edition features conductor Manfred Honeck, the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien and world-class soprano Diana Damrau, who dazzles the audience with Puccini’s “O mio babbino caro”, Lehár’s “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß” and Poulenc’s “Gloria” among others. PROGRAM: Music by Bruckner, Brahms, Puccini, Lehar, Orff, Poulenc.
BBC Proms 2018: Iván Fischer conducts an Hungarian Night
Hungarian folk tunes run through the veins of Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, while Gypsy rhythms set their pulses dancing. This concert – a true celebration of Hungary’s national music – traces the development of folk songs and dance, from their colourful, rough-hewn originals into virtuosic concert-hall reimaginings by Liszt, Brahms and Sarasate. In the second half comes Brahms’s dramatic First Symphony, whose darkness and drama eventually give way to an ending of transcendent musical triumph.“A masterclass. Oh, that concerts could all be like this!” (The Spectator) PROGRAM Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 & 3; Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 & 11, Symphony No 1; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
International Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival
Every year in summer some of the best musicians worldwide meet in Israel for The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival founded by Elena Bashkirova. In 2016, the 19th Festival is dedicated to interrelated composers like Brahms/Schumann, Bartók/Kodály or Schubert/Beethoven and many more – played by artists like Sir András Schiff, Baiba Skride or Emmanuel Pahud.
Lucerne Festival 2016: Rattle conducts Berliner Philharmoniker
Even if the music world is often dominated by rivalry, examples of genuine friendships can certainly be found. Take Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvorák: a pair whose friendship was free of self-interest. And sure enough, his first publication, the spirited Slavonic Dances, enjoyed a sensational success. The Berlin Philharmonic paid homage to this musical friendship by pairing Dvorák’s bravura Slavonic Dances with the Second Symphony of Brahms, also composed in 1877. And as an “appetizer” Sir Simon Rattle has commissioned a new work from his compatriot Julian Anderson. PROGRAM: Julian Anderson: Incantesimi for Orchestra; Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46; Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Zubin Mehta for his 80th – The Gala Concert in Mumbai 2
PROGRAM: Johann Strauss: Overture from The Bat; Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102; Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23