Repertoire

• Montsalvatge » Manfred
• Schumann » Concerto for piano and orchestra
• Brahms » Symphony no. 4

Artists

Kazushi Ono, conductor
Jorge Luis Prats, piano

Program

The explosion of feelings that characterised Romanticism also appears in classical structures, such as concerts and symphonies. Here we see the overflowing passion of Schumann in the form of a piano concerto and Brahms’ masterful balance between modernity and tradition in the form of a symphony.The first person to hear the Fourth was Schumann’s widow, Clara Wieck. Brahms was truly devoted to her and presented all his works to her in a version for piano or, as in this case, for two pianos. She recommended that he change it completely, that it would not be well received at all! Clara was wrong, fortunately, and the Fourth soon became the most popular of the composer’s work and still is to this day. His mentor, Robert Schumann, had predicted that Brahms would go far, as far as his Piano Concerto, which he premiered 170 years ago for Schumann’s wife Clara. The programme opens with the ballet music that Xavier Montsalvatge premiered in Barcelona in 1945, based on a poem by Lord Byron.

You can listen to this concert:
On Catalunya Música:
21st February at 11 am (life broadcasting)
On Radio Clásica (RNE):
28th February at 8 pm
If you want to know more about this concert, listen to:
Guia d’Orquestra de Catalunya Música
Every Thursday at 11 pm
Every Sunday at 9 am
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