And, the work, of course, of Brahms, particularly his later work, as the great continuer of the study of his predecessors. |
Sitting centre-stalls, listening to the opening bombast of the Brahms First, I saw the old-timers around me beam with relief and satisfaction. |
The original inspiration for this deluxe 21st-century version of the hemiola is the 19th-century's master of rhythmic ambiguity, Brahms. |
His speciality is extension of the guitar repertoire, with arrangements of Chopin, Brahms and, particularly, J S Bach. |
The LSO and Philharmonia are each programming the complete Beethoven and Brahms piano concertos. |
Brahms had all but given up before tonight's works were composed, having written his will in 1891 and gone into a self-imposed retirement. |