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Composer of the Week: Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

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1/5. Donald Macleod charts the early years of Brahms's burgeoning career, during which his friend and mentor Robert Schumann died, and he began his intense relationship with Schumann's wife, Clara.
Scherzo in C minor (FAE Sonata) Pinchas Zuckerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann , Op 9 Louis Lortie (piano)
String Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36 (1st mvt)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola), William Pleeth (cello), Amadeus Quartet
Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Clifford Curzon , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Szell
Producer Deborah Preston Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Robert Schumann
Violin:
Pinchas Zuckerman
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Unknown:
Robert Schumann
Piano:
Louis Lortie
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Viola:
William Pleeth
Unknown:
Clifford Curzon
Conductor:
George Szell
Producer:
Deborah Preston
Source: Radio Times

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