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 ...

With his background as an organist, his symphonies need sonic space around them. Play a Bruckner symphony in a concert hall with minimal reverberation and lean bass response, and the music seems a ...

Brahms’s final movement, a rondo, can be clumsy. Awkward. But soloist, conductor, and orchestra executed it manfully. Vengerov made sure to give it “ethnic” flavors. And his rhythm was appropriately ...

The entire cultural world celebrated this month the hundredth anniversary of Brahms, who was born May 7, 1833, in Hamburg—the entire world, but not all of the Nazis.

Williams, who celebrated his 90th birthday this year, eases himself onto the piano stool while coyly saying, “So I wanna see if I can…”.. The next moment, Williams is firing out the second movement ...

Brahms wrote one of the most famous lullabies of all time, also known as ‘Cradle Song’ and ‘Wiegenlied’. Picture: Alamy What are the lyrics to Brahms’ ‘Lullaby’? When it was first published, Brahms’ ...

In addition to the Brahms Trio, Talon Smith will perform solo piano works by Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, and Stravinsky along with his newly published composition, entitled “24 Preludes.” ...

Brahms is the calling card in this impressive recording debut by the young quartet, whose playing reflects not only its roots in the French school but the four musicians’ years of study in Berlin.

There were lovely moments Friday night in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s performances of the Schumann Piano Concerto (with Hélène Grimaud) and Brahms Fourth Symphony. But, with music director ...

Symphonic fare doesn’t get more meat-and-potatoes than that offered Thursday night by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. With ...