Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.83 | |
| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op.98 |
Performers
| Emanuel Ax | Piano |
| Chamber Orchestra of Europe | |
| Bernard Haitink | Conductor |
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe’s second pairing of Brahms masterworks opens with a work long central to Emanuel Ax’s repertoire which he has recorded with tonight’s conductor. Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto is even bigger in scale than the First and just as technically demanding.
After the interval, the composer’s astonishing final symphony, where the balance between expressiveness and iron structural control is most perfectly maintained. It ends with an imposing set of variations, Brahms’s late-Romantic take on the Baroque-style passacaglia, which uses material borrowed from J. S. Bach.
After the interval, the composer’s astonishing final symphony, where the balance between expressiveness and iron structural control is most perfectly maintained. It ends with an imposing set of variations, Brahms’s late-Romantic take on the Baroque-style passacaglia, which uses material borrowed from J. S. Bach.
