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The public premiere of the concerto was given in Budapest on 9 November 1881, with Brahms as soloist and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, and was an immediate success. [2] He proceeded to perform the piece in many cities across Europe. [3] The piece is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B ♭), 2 bassoons, 4 horns (initially 2 in B ...
Fünf Gesänge (Five songs), Op. 104, is a song cycle of five part songs for mixed choir a cappella by Johannes Brahms. Composed in 1888 when Brahms was a 55-year-old bachelor, the five songs reflect an intensely nostalgic and even tragic mood. Brahms has chosen texts which centre on lost youth, summer turning into fall and, ultimately, man's ...
Piano Concerto No. 2 refers to the second piano concerto written by one of a number of composers: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) in G major; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven) in B-flat major; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms) in B-flat major; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin) in F minor; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Field) in A-flat major; Piano Concerto No. 2 ...
The first serenade was completed in 1858. At that time, Brahms was also working on his Piano Concerto No. 1.Originally scored for wind and string nonet and then expanded into a longer work for chamber orchestra, the serenade was later adapted for orchestra; [3] [4] Brahms completed the final version for large orchestra in December 1859. [5]
Johannes Brahms' String Quartet No. 1 in C minor and String Quartet No. 2 in A minor were completed in Tutzing, Bavaria, during the summer of 1873, and published together that autumn as Op. 51. They are dedicated to his friend Theodor Billroth. He only published one other string quartet, No. 3 in B-flat Major, in 1876.
Academic Festival Overture (German: Akademische Festouvertüre), [1] Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the Tragic Overture, Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau , which had notified him that it would award him an ...
Portrait of Johannes Brahms in 1889. The Four Pieces for Piano (German: Klavierstücke) Op. 119, are four character pieces for piano composed by Johannes Brahms in 1893. The collection is the last composition for solo piano by Brahms. Together with the six pieces from Op. 118, Op. 119 was premiered in London in January 1894.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major may refer to: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven) Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)