Brahms Symphony No. 2
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Brahms spent much of his life battling with his ambition to write great symphonies and his terror at the spectre of Beethoven looming over him. His first symphony was a success, and with immense relief, Brahms quickly turned out a second symphony in just 4 months, a bit less than the 14 tortured years it took him to craft the first. At first glance this symphony sounds pastoral and idyllic, but there are plenty of clouds in this seminal masterpiece, something we'll discuss throughout the show. Join us!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Sticky Nights, the classical music podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | My name is Joshua Weilichstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the music director of the Phoenix |
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| 0:42.8 | So I'm in Luzanne this week, preparing for concerts with Luzanne Chamber Orchestra in |
| 0:46.1 | Bucharest, Romania, where we're going to be playing at the Inesco Festival, performing |
| 0:51.2 | amongst many other things, and Nesco's string octet arranged for string orchestra. |
| 0:56.8 | It's a huge honor, and we are so excited to be playing the Inesco in Bucharest. |
| 1:01.6 | We're also going to be playing the Beethoven violin concerted with Christian Tetzloff, |
| 1:05.2 | and many, many more things we absolutely can't wait for the concerts. |
| 1:10.0 | This also happens to begin a fall of total craziness for me, where I'm going to be conducting |
| 1:14.5 | in a different place just about every week, so stay tuned for news about that. |
| 1:19.8 | I also wanted to mention before we start two things about my Patreon subscribers page. |
| 1:24.8 | The first is that this week I recorded a mini episode exclusively for my Patreon subscribers |
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