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1. He cancelled the rest his vacation plans and composed his Third Symphony virtually nonstop — in less than four months — in sharp contrast to the twenty years he spent on his First. Clara Schumann wrote to Brahms, “All the movements seem to be of one piece, one beat of the heart.” At a Glance ADÈS - Piano Concerto BRAHMS - Symphony No. 3.

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2. The Ladies Music Club of Oklahoma City organized the first ensemble to use the name Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra. Active from to , this orchestra was an amateur organization supplemented by a small number of professional musicians.

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3. Old World meets New World in this concert, which spans centuries and continents to show the full breadth of what an orchestra can do. Captivating and commanding, soloist Karen Gomyo performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto, which spans from lovely lyricism to exuberant energy. Brahms’ friend and colleague Dvořák is represented with the first of his Slavonic Dances, which opens the evening with.

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4. Brahms was a fan of the Magyar-inspired music known in his day as “Gypsy violin,” and though we don’t hear it in the Concerto’s melodies (as we do, for example, in his Hungarian Dances), we do hear it in the energy and the style of phrasing, and in bowing that really digs into the strings.

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5. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 May 9, The wonderful melodies, matchless solo work in woodwind and brass—the glorious horn solo at the end of the first movement—and such persuasive architecture as pairing the sprawled, mysterious second movement with a brief and gentle third: all these things help make Brahms’s Second Symphony perfect.

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6. A curmudgeonly 19th century maestro sniped that the Brahms isn’t a concerto for violin, it's a "concerto against the violin." But the violin wins. Famously difficult, the Brahms concerto combines gypsy bravura with sweet melodies and symphonic muscle to hold a top spot in the hearts of music lovers.

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7. Nov 11,  · Friday, November 15, at AM Saturday, November 16, at PM Stéphane Denève, conductor Gil Shaham, violin AARON JAY KERNIS Venit Illuminatio (Toward the Illumination of Colored Light) (World Premiere, SLSO Commission) BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 Learn more about.

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8. Sir Colin Davis – London Symphony Orchestra 2-Philips Joshua Bell, violin Peter Maag – English Chamber Orchestra 2-Decca Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Carlo Maria Giulini – Los Angeles Philharmonic Deutsche Grammphon Otto Klemperer – Philharmonia Orchestra 4-emi/Warner Classics

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