42b - Johannes Brahms pt. 8 "The Scent of Lilac" - Classical Music Podcast
03/22/21 • 128 min
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Ep 42(b) - It is early 1865. Brahms's mother has just passed away. Filled with emotion he grudgingly moves from winter to spring, entering a long period of deep and private mourning during which he would retreat into himself for a time in order to gather his thoughts and energies, and orient them toward a grand act of artistic creation in which he would immortalize his beloved mother and through which his artist soul would be elevated and ennobled and made pure.
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Works heard in this episode (all by Brahms):
Horn Trio in E-flat mvt. 3 - Adagio Mesto
mvt. 1 - Andante
mvt. 2 - Scherzo (Allegro)
mvt. 4 - Allegro con brio
German Requiem pt. 1 "Blessed are they that Mourn" (In English translation!)
Ep 42(b) - It is early 1865. Brahms's mother has just passed away. Filled with emotion he grudgingly moves from winter to spring, entering a long period of deep and private mourning during which he would retreat into himself for a time in order to gather his thoughts and energies, and orient them toward a grand act of artistic creation in which he would immortalize his beloved mother and through which his artist soul would be elevated and ennobled and made pure.
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Works heard in this episode (all by Brahms):
Horn Trio in E-flat mvt. 3 - Adagio Mesto
mvt. 1 - Andante
mvt. 2 - Scherzo (Allegro)
mvt. 4 - Allegro con brio
German Requiem pt. 1 "Blessed are they that Mourn" (In English translation!)
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42a - Johannes Brahms pt. 8 "The Scent of Lilac" - Classical Music Podcast
Ep. 42(a) - It is late November 1862. We find Johannes Brahms in Vienna making a great success of himself for once but reeling from a devastating blow given him by the musical establishment of Hamburg. He will try to pick himself up and carry on with his work, compartmentalizing the tenderness he felt for one place from the bitterness for the other so that he might do so. And then further troubles to deal with: family strife and division that will make his life more difficult than ever; a loss that will wrench his heart and cause him the greatest pain, one for which tears aplenty would not be an adequate response but rather, music; tones and song in memoriam of a cherished loved one on a grand scale.
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Works heard in this episode (all by Brahms):
1. String Sextet in G major op. 36 mvt. 1, Allegro non troppo
2. 9 Lieder and Songs op. 32 no. 9 "Wie bist du, meine Königin"
3-5. String Sextet in G major op. 36 mvts. 2-4, Scherzo, Poco Adagio, Poco Allegro
6, 7. Piano Quintet in f minor op. 34 mvts. 2, 3, Andante, un poco Adagio, Scherzo
8. "Horn" Trio in E-flat major op. 40 mvt. 3 (beginning), Adagio Mesto
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43 - Johannes Brahms pt. 9 "A Lovely Dwelling Place" - Classical Music Podcast
1 RecommendationsEp. 43 – It is Good Friday, April 10, 1868 in Bremen and Brahms has just finished giving the premiere of his German Requiem. It is a complete triumph but one not celebrated with wild applause, the work is too grave for that. Instead, attendees of the premiere listened with glad hearts and in reverence, awe really of the work’s creator. Thus, Johannes Brahms became an internationally recognized composer of considerable importance and some measure of celebrity.
Works heard in this episode (all by Brahms):
-Requiem
mvt. 4 "How Lovely is They Dwelling Place"
mvt. 5 "And Ye Now are Sorrowful"
-Wiegenlied op. 49 no. 4
-Botschaft op. 47 no. 1
-Hungarian dance 1-10
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