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Prom 53: Brahms Night
Part of the Proms 2015 Series
Add to my Calendar 26-08-2014 19:00 26-08-2014 21:00 36 Prom 53: Brahms Night The second of two concerts by Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra launches our series of Brahms’s symphonies. While the intimate, autumnal Third was inspired by a visit to the Rhine in 1883, the noble stature of the Fourth was dismissed by the composer as ‘a few entr’actes and polkas which I happened to have lying about’, despite it containing one of the most richly lyrical slow movements Brahms ever wrote. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.90
~ Interval ~
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no.4 in E minor, Op.98
Performers
Iván Fischer – Conductor
Budapest Festival Orchestra
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Programme Note
The second of two concerts by Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra launches our series of Brahms’s symphonies. While the intimate, autumnal Third was inspired by a visit to the Rhine in 1883, the noble stature of the Fourth was dismissed by the composer as ‘a few entr’actes and polkas which I happened to have lying about’, despite it containing one of the most richly lyrical slow movements Brahms ever wrote.