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Composer of the Week: Brahms

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5/5. Wrestling with Posterity. By the 1870s, the turbulence of Brahms's early life had been replaced by a comfortable bachelor routine. Even so, the masterpieces continued to pour forth.
Donald Macleod charts these years, and looks at Brahms's concern with his future biographers. Intermezzo in A flat, Op 76 No 3 Dinorah Varsi (piano)
Symphony No I in C minor (1st mvt)
Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Das Madchen ; Fahr wohl; Der Falke (Lieder und Romanzen, Op 93a) BBC Singers, conductor Jason Lai
Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2 Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Richard Goode (piano) Prelude on 0 Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op 122 No 11 Kevin Bowyer (organ) Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor:
Das Madchen
Conductor:
Jason Lai
Clarinet:
Richard Stoltzman
Clarinet:
Richard Goode
Unknown:
Kevin Bowyer
Source: Radio Times

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