Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Brahms
Live from the Barbican in London, Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Brahms: Symphony No 3; Piano Concerto No 1 (soloist: Pierre-Laurent Aimard).
The Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, conducted by Riccardo Chailly, play Brahms.
Live from the Barbican Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Brahms: Symphony No 3
8.00: Interval
8.20
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Long before he got into his symphonic stride, Brahms attempted to confront his Beethoven-shaped demons through the medium of the piano concerto - the first of which he conceived as the most monumental, original and hard-hitting orchestral achievement since Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It took Brahms a long time to get his concerto just right, but when he did, he delivered a piece of staggering emotional breadth and new-found virtuosity that still thrills and surprises a century and a half later - the perfect foil to the impulsive flow, profound darkness and compelling depth of his heart-on-sleeve Third Symphony.
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