Johannes Brahms regarded it as his calling to elevate the culture of Germany. Throughout his musical life, he consistently ...

Why would ultra-serious Johannes Brahms write not one, but two serenades—pieces usually meant for light entertainment? He was working his way up to writing symphonies. Brahms dedicated his second ...

“These pieces have some kind of sibling connection. They are born of the same muse.” That’s what noted violinist Gil Shaham said recently about the violin concertos by Beethoven and Brahms, works he ...

Brahms composed his Piano Trio Op. 8 early in his career, but he revised it much later so it's his first and last trio. We'll enjoy a performance of it this evening with Leonidas Kavakos, Yo Yo Ma and ...

On the other hand I immediately felt how hard it would be to come close to this “truth”. In all of Brahms’s music there is this element of something elusive and unreachable. Deeply inspired by this ...

Imaginative recital programming seems to come naturally to pianist-composer Conrad Tao. He consistently merges contemporary ...

On Thursday evening at 7:30, Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, a frequent guest, returns to the Mandel Concert Hall podium at Severance Music Center to lead The Cleveland Orchestra in Johannes Brahms’ ...

After tackling the sonatas for violin and piano of Bach, Busoni and Beethoven in 2017 – a “thoughtfully determined and subtly interconnected programme” according to Stradmagazine –, the duo of Yuuko ...

If you're an iPhone owner who subscribes to a local symphony orchestra or has a favorite Brahms concerto, you'll fall in love with Apple Music Classical instantly. If you’re an iPhone owner smitten ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Recordings of Brahms, Haydn, Grieg, Nikolai Kapustin and George Walker are among recent highlights. Frank Dupree, piano; Jakob Krupp, bass; Obi Jenne, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Classics by Bach, Mozart and Brahms and new works by Andy Akiho, Angélica Negrón and Tyshawn Sorey were among our favorite recordings this year.