Brahms often sought the advice of experts when writing for instruments other than the piano. He was particularly lucky when it came to the violin. From the Hungarian violinist Eduard Remenyi, with ...

When it comes to standard repertory in classical music, there’s nothing like going to the Three Bs — Bach, Beethoven and Brahms — for some of the greatest works ever written. This weekend, the ...

Passing through the lobby of the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox on Friday evening, one repeatedly heard people remark, “I can’t wait for the Brahms!” “The Brahms” they referred to was that composer ...

Both of Brahms’s piano concertos are gargantuan works. At nearly fifty minutes in duration, this one lasts longer than any other major Romantic piano concerto by quite some stretch. And talking of ...

Jane Jones urges you to put one of the Big Four in your Top Three! It’s January, which means only one thing in the Classic FM calendar – nominations are invited for the top 300 pieces of classical ...

Brahms's piano concertos are two of the greatest pillars of the Romantic repertoire. The first, written in 1858 when the composer was still a young man, is like a symphony where piano and orchestra ...

Since the recent death of Alicia de Larrocha, Joaquín Achúcarro is probably the pre-eminent living Spanish pianist. He's also a significant presence in Dallas, with an endowed professorship at ...

It's been six years since the violinist Benjamin Beilman was last in Spokane, but he remembers that 2017 performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto all too well. Or at least a few ...

Leonidas Kavakos appeared in both the Double Concerto and the Violin Concerto during Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus's Brahms residency at the Barbican in London in October. Their superb ...

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The many-faceted Brahms Violin Concerto, with a powerful soloist, is the main event for this concert, the last classical performance of the season for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Richard ...