Showing posts with label Johannes Brahms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johannes Brahms. Show all posts
Friday, September 13, 2019

CLARA AT 200

›
Clara Schumann. Portrait by Granger [who also painted Beethoven] It's a source of surprise and delight that the single biggest anni...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Schumann's anniversary, and a spot of Brahms

›
Darguerrotype of Schumann c1850. (source: Wikipedia) Today is the 160th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death. This is the house...
Saturday, May 07, 2016

Beloved Brahms

›
Radio silence here attributable to book. It's going back to the editor on Tuesday, but I am going to Vienna tomorrow and the two things ...
Friday, October 09, 2015

You know that nightmare that you're turning pages for Brahms and this happens?

›
Page-turning may be the most terrifying job in classical music, but the other day violinist Anna Reszniak - in normal life concertmaster of ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Beethovenfest Bonn 1: The Death of Schumann

›
Yesterday I stood in the room where Schumann died.  It's a little room on the top floor, at the end of a long, old building in En...
Monday, May 07, 2012

Happy Birthday, Brahms. What did you do to that B major Trio?

›
It's Brahms's birthday. Today, before twigging the date, I heard something I've not encountered before that nearly made me choke...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Hannibal hits the high notes... plus the Monty Python of music, a mountaineering composer and a brand-new piece by Brahms

›
"I thought I'd end up in the steelworks in Port Talbot for the rest of my life," says Sir Anthony Hopkins. Is he the most open...