JOHANNES BRAHMS
His Life, Works, Friends, Loves, Enemies, Legacy

Appallingly over-generalized as rational, staid, prim, called both a conservative and a progressive, praised for his warmth and boldness, cursed for his complex melodic, motivic and tonal language, reckoned with Bach and Beethoven, possessing a historically dimensioned talent, Brahms has a name known to everyone but has never been the subject of popular, fictionalized movies (as other Romantic musicians - Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Tchaikowsky, Wagner – have been) so most listeners know little about him & the powerful factors at play on his triple career as a pianist, composer & conductor. This series aims to “paint” that picture using photos, drawings, letters, diaries, reviews & original commentary - along with audio, video & live musical examples.

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Lecture 1 - Johannes Brahms: His Teens and Twenties
Youthful Mastery - Piano Sonatas & a disastrous Concerto

Lecture 2 - Johannes Brahms: His Thirties
Public recognition - German Requiem & Hungarian Dances

Lecture 3 - Johannes Brahms: His Forties
Fame - Haydn-Variations, Piano & Violin Concerti, Symphonies 1 & 2

Lecture 4 - Johannes Brahms: His Fifties
Glory - Symphonies 3 & 4, Violin & Cello Sonatas, Double Concerto

Lecture 5 - Johannes Brahms: His Sixties
Valedictions - Clarinet Trio, Quintet & Sonatas, late Klavierstucke

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