Yet in its most ravishing passage – the tender cello solo that opens its slow movement – the piano, Brahms’s own instrument, remains silent. It never gets to play that heavenly melody.

Kahchun Wong returns to Singapore, displaying definite ideas about Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, despite its ambivalence and seemingly open-ended message.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 - OCR ... by Beethoven as the solo pianist. The piece was published in 1801 after some revisions. Brahms: Violin Concerto - OCR Johannes Brahms was a composer ...

There were lovely moments Friday night in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s performances of the Schumann Piano Concerto (with Hélène Grimaud) and Brahms Fourth Symphony. But, with music director Fabio ...

Lied most often refers to a song performed in German by a solo singer with piano accompaniment ... Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms all composed lieder. Common poetic themes ...

He introduced this music to a whole new audience when he wrote Gypsy-inspired dances for the piano – and then began super-sizing them for an entire orchestra. Brahms was inspired by the folk ...