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, ...

When I was hired as a classical producer at Colorado Public Radio in the late 90's, I came with a rock and roll and jazz background. I remember asking one of the ...

Resolve to be a more active participant in the local arts and culture scene this year? Whether or not that’s the case, the San Antonio Symphony’s first concert of 2019 is a great entry point for ...

Good friends challenge us to go beyond our expectations. Johannes Brahms had retired from composing, until his friend and clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld convinced him to write two sonatas for clarinet.

It took Johannes Brahms 21 years to write his First Symphony. The second one went much quicker. He composed it during a summer visit to a picturesque lakeside retreat in the Austrian province of ...

Audio for this feature is no longer available. The album was released on Oct. 6, 2009. "It's an unkickable drug habit. And I'm happy to be a junkie until the end of my days." So says 54-year-old ...

Freire plays tribute to the noted German composer on his new album. Music critic Lloyd Schwartz doesn't always love Brahms, but he loves this recording. This is FRESH AIR. The Brazilian pianist Nathan ...

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Steve Hackman didn’t make a connection between 19th century composer Johannes Brahms and modern rock band Radiohead because the two artists approached music in the same way. Brahms, Hackman said, was ...