Brahms was 27 by the time he came to write his ... All episodes since 2010, listed alphabetically by composer surname.

Kate Molleson focuses on Brahms at home, revealing the subtle sides of this sometimes brawny composer through the music he wrote for himself and his friends to play.

In 1985, Karajan went so far as to mention him – probably mischievously – as a candidate for the Berlin succession. Where Brahms is concerned, his Soviet background will have done little to help. With ...

Trained at Westminster Choir College, the Juilliard School and Tanglewood, and in Europe under the Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola ... a lighter touch. In the Brahms, Luisi’s supercharged ...

Famous Romantic composers include Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler, and Verdi – to name but a few! The Romantic era is known for its intense energy and passion. The rigid forms of classical music gave way ...

German composer One of the ‘three B’s’ of German music – Beethoven, Bach, Brahms Wrote four symphonies and much for smaller chamber groups Known as a perfectionist, a traditionalist and an ...

The two-minute rest for the soloist at the beginning of the Brahms Violin Concerto is no idle wait. Battle is imminent. Journeying to the sunny theme of the opening movement, the violinist must first ...