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" Wrong. If you have any feel for music, you would be able to tell, pretty quickly. One grabs you, the other doesn't. It's that simple. I remembered that as I listened to these two symphonies by Heinrich von Herzogenberg, who married Johannes Brahms' enchanting friend Elisabeth von Stockhausen. Brahms put up with Herzogenberg to stay close to the exquisite Elisabeth, but it drove the great master crazy when Elisabeth pushed her husband's music, or when Herzogenberg asked him for constructive... (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
3rd of four hometown concerts set for Sunday Mar 3, 2007
Brown also is an adjudicator for piano festivals and contests, and has been a soloist at orchestra performances in Ohio, Georgia, and Iowa Sunday's scheduled repertoire will include the Mozart Sonata "B-flat Major, K 38,""16 Waltzes" by Johannes Brahms, selections from the "Ma mere l'Oye" or "Mother Goose Suite," and the "Legend in c-sharp minor" and "Slavonic Dance" by Antonin Dvorak. Brown says the Mozart Sonata is "an entertaining and enjoyable piece" that's "very light ... just a nice... (Washington Journal, IA)
Weekend Hotlist Mar 1, 2007
Marek Janowski will conduct the Third Violin Concerto by Camille Saint-Saens and two works by Johannes Brahms, his Second Symphony and Variations on a Theme by Haydn with concerts at 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. They will feature violinists Julia Fischer and Chee-Yun and will be recorded for the Pentatone label. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Handel and Haydn Society produces a happy union of beautiful music Feb 28, 2007
Principal conductor Grant Llewellyn's idea was to combine works for small chorus and instruments by Claudio Monteverdi (from the Madrigals of Love and War, Book VIII) and Johannes Brahms (from "Liebeslieder," Op. 52, and "Neue Liebeslieder," Op. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Things to do Feb 24, 2007
The concert will feature music by Johannes Brahms and Gilbert and Sullivan; Jane Lindberg will direct the chorus, accompanied by four-hand piano. Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for full-time students. (Florida Times-Union)
Chamber music with a touch of oboe Feb 23, 2007
The quartet has won top prizes at many international competitions, including First Prize at the 2000 London International String Quartet Competition and First Prize at the Johannes Brahms International String Quartet Competition in Hamburg (2002). In September 2000, the ensemble was honored with the Catalonian Music Critics Prize. (Mail Tribune, OR)
California Desert Chorale ~ Evening of Music scheduled Feb. 24 Feb 15, 2007
The group will perform he Chichester Psalms, by Leonard Bernstein, and Johannes Brahms' he Liebeslieder Waltzes. The theater is on the Palm Desert Campus of the California State University San Bernardino, 37500 Cook Street, Palm Desert. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Brahms and Tchaikovsky by way of Hamburg Feb 13, 2007
Works by two errant native sons, Felix Mendelssohn and Johannes Brahms, served as bookends around Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D as the Hamburg Symphony performed Sunday at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. The violin concerto, in turn, reflected the heritage of the Hamburg Symphony's music director, the Russian Andrey Boreyko. (Orlando Sentinel)
Top Violinist's Concert Tour Comes to FSC Feb 4, 2007
Besides accompanying McDuffie in the Tchaikovsky concerto, the orchestra will play the "Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)" by Felix Mendelssohn and the "Symphony No. 2" by Johannes Brahms. McDuffie has gained a reputation as one of the best American violinists, said Larry Burke, director of the Florida Southern Festival of Fine Arts. (The Ledger)
Music is missing from 'Overture' Feb 4, 2007
Darsky makes her room into a shrine to Johannes Brahms, but there's no hint of what she loves about Brahms, no mention of any moving song or sonata. The closest we come is: "The word was out that something special was taking place: a young girl was playing Brahms like an R-rated flick, and everyone from Johnny Carson to the New York Philharmonic was inviting me to perform.". (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Wolf Trap director returns home on just the right note Feb 4, 2007
The public is invited to Witman's performance during the 10:45 a.m. service Feb. 10 at the church, 130 N. Washington St. Music selections include pieces from George Gershwin, Dave Brubeck, Johannes Brahms, Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy and others. For more information, call the church office at 597-3310. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Hana Financial sponsors Seoul Philharmonic Jan 28, 2007
Hana Financial Group Inc. is sponsoring Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's year-long specials on Johannes Brahms as part of various efforts to promote cultural events. It signed the sponsorship deal on Jan. 9. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Partners in song come to Medford Jan 26, 2007
The program will feature selections from a variety of composers including, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henry Purcell, George Frederick Handel, Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, Gaetano Donizetti, Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, John Ireland, Virgil Thomson, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans, Maurice Besly, Michael William Balfe and Ned Rorem. The Frohnmeyers will sing three duets and a number of solos. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Berlin musicians team up with soprano Binu Jan 19, 2007
The Germans -- horn player Claudius Muller, violinist Magdalena Kostzewska and pianist Piotr Zuk -- will play music by Leone Sinigaglia, Nicolai von Wilm, Sergei Prokoviev and Johannes Brahms. "I'm very excited to perform here in Indonesia. It's our first concert as a trio outside Germany," Muller told The Jakarta Post before a rehearsal with Binu on Wednesday. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Orchestra debut leaves crowd hungering for more Jan 15, 2007
None of this mattered, of course, when, at 7 p.m., Mr. Maazel took to the podium before 60 musicians in white-tie-and-tails, all of them under the age of 35, to perform an exquisite hour-long program of four familiar classics, all connected to Italy in some way except the last Johannes Brahms' "Hungarian Dance N.1." "It's one of my favorites," he explained afterward. He also pronounced diplomatically that he found the acoustics in the working embassy's colorful and dramatic main hall with its... (Washington Times, DC)
Chamber players coming to Rehoboth Jan 11, 2007
Johannes Brahms is sometimes characterized as a "man who was never young." This massive work in B Major is a deep and demanding work. Long melodic lines, complex harmony, and much double voicing fill this trio with a sense of beauty. (The Standard-Times, MA)
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