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Episode 1: Public Brahms, Private Brahms

Public Brahms, Private Brahms

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Pianist Natasha Loges considers what lay behind Brahms's famously gruff public persona.

Pianist and writer Natasha Loges considers what lay behind Brahms's famously gruff public persona and discovers his tender, private side.

Five Essays about the 19th-century German composer Johannes Brahms. Part 1 of 5.

Recorded in front of an audience at St. Georges, Bristol, as part of BBC Radio 3's Brahms Experience - a week-long exploration of Brahms' life and music.

To this day Brahms has a reputation as a rather terse, fearsome personality who wrote dark, serious music. But his tender, intimate chamber music gives a clue to how he behaved behind closed doors and among friends.
Pianist and writer Natasha Loges looks at what lies behind Brahms' famously gruff public persona, and discovers his tender, private side. She offers an invitation into Brahms' inner circle: music making at home, coffee and conversation with friends, the food he enjoyed, and the women he flirted with.

Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Series of essays about 19th-century German composer Johannes Brahms

Series of essays about 19th-century German composer Johannes Brahms, recorded in front of an audience at St George's Bristol

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