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The highlight of the event is a world premiere that music director Alexander Platt has been eager to present. "We have a ...

The Johnstown Symphony Orchestra (JSO) will open its 97th season on Oct. 25 with America @ 250 Part I & Brahms 3. The concert ...

Johannes Brahms was and remains one of the most important and towering figures of the Romantic period of music. He rose from squalor as the son of a bassist and a seamstress. Brahms got his start ...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German composer and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. He wrote a wide range of music, including symphonies, ...

Today is the birthday of composer Johannes Brahms, born in 1833. In his lifetime, he was compared with his predecessor, Beethoven, and with his contemporary and rival, Wagner. But Brahms biographer ...

I recently read Simon Callow’s excellent biography of Richard Wagner. Now, to be fair, I’m reading a biography of Johannes Brahms by Jan Swafford. As in music, in biography these two are opposed. We ...

Performances in N.Y.C. In this short piano piece, an intimate song without words, Brahms holds back the tears, which makes it heartbreaking. In this short piano piece, an intimate song without words, ...

With the coronavirus pandemic raging and no public performances in the forseeable future, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen is streaming its acclaimed performance of Brahms' Requiem – free. April ...

What are the odds that two classical greats were born on the very same date of May 7, seven years apart? Brahms was born in 1833. Tchaikovsky in 1840. Born about 2,000 miles apart, Peter Tchaikovsky ...