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A Final Ovation

The last applause Johannes Brahms ever heard was for his Fourth Symphony. He was dying of cancer. But he went to hear Hans Richter conduct the Vienna Philharmonic. The performance received a big ovation. We'll never know if the echo of that applause was in Brahms' ears when he died a month later. In today's show, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic earn a big ovation for their performance of Brahms' Fourth Symphony.

NOTE: Through our agreement with the Mozart Week Festival, Hour 2 of today's show is not available for web audio streaming.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Edward MacDowell: Second movement from Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23
Andre Watts, piano, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Franz Liszt: En Reve
Andre Watts, piano
The Schubert Club, St. Paul

Hour 2

Manuel de Falla: Selections from Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Kim Kashkashian, viola, Robert Levin, piano

Nino Rota: La Passerella
The Zagreb Saxophone Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia

Claude Debussy: Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Nelson Freire, piano, the London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England

Donnacha Dennehy: He wishes his Beloved were Dead, from That the Night Come
Dawn Upshaw, soprano, the Crash Ensemble, Alan Pierson, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve Variations in B-flat, K. 500
Robert Levin, fortepiano
Mozart Week, Salzburg, Austria

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