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Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music - Brahms

Hosts: Gil Shaham Wolfgang Sandberger | Gil Shaham violin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

In the eyes of his contemporaries, Johannes Brahms’s violin concerto was so different from everything that had come before that, after the premiere, a critic stated that it wasn’t a concerto, but a “symphony with violin obligato”. In an interview, the famous American violinist Gil Shaham, who has performed the work, introduces viewers to its lovely melodies and motifs and seeks to disprove the famous criticism. Wolfgang Sandberger, the director of the German Brahms Institute in Lübeck, analyzes the work and describes its genesis.

Repertoire

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: Allegro non troppo; Adagio; Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Facts

Prog. No.
5607
Music genre
Documentary
Length
29 mins
Director
Angelika Stiehler
Producers
EuroArts ©EuroArts
Production year
2007
Format
SD