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Brahms Symphony No. 4
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
English - September 08, 2022 14:32 - 1 hour - 96.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsMusic Arts Performing Arts bassoon flute timpani trumpet cello clarinet classicalmusic conductor music performing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Welcome to Season 9 of Sticky Notes! We're starting with a bang this season with Brahms' incomparable 4th symphony. This symphony takes the listener on a journey that unexpectedly ends in a legendarily dramatic and stormy way. What would compel a composer like Brahms to write an ending like this? Was it a requiem for his place in music? For Vienna? For Europe? Or was it the logical conclusion to a minor key bassline he stole from a Bach Cantata? This is the eternal question when it comes to Brahms - logic or emotion? Well, usually the answer is a bit of both, and today we're going to go through this remarkable piece with all of this in mind. Join us!