Johannes Brahms was forty-four when he wrote his Symphony No. 1. Even though he was being hailed as Beethoven's successor, Brahms would not premiere his first symphony until he felt he had a command of the medium. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Louis Langree, perform Brahms's Symphony No. 1 in C minor.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Seven Fantasies Op. 116 No. 4: Intermezzo Adagio
Emanuel Ax, piano
Brahms Fantasies Op. 116 Piano Pieces Op. 119 Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 2
Sony 69284
Krzysztof Penderecki: Polonaise, for symphony orchestra
Warsaw Phiharmonic Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor
17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, Concert Hall, Philharmonic, Warsaw, Poland
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Jim Hanson, St. Paul, MN
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: Movements 3 & 4
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Josef Suk: Summer Impressions: At Noon
Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Suk: Piano Works
Chandos 9026
Georg Philipp Telemann: Divertimento in B flat, TWV 50, 23
Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, Directors; Emlyn Ngai, Concertmaster
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Suk: Elegy Encore
Hilary Hahn, violin; Robert deMaine, cello; Natalie Zhu, piano
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: Movements 2-4
Maryland Symphony Orchestra; Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, MD
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