What Made Him Brahms/A Deconstruction
Music historian Jan Swafford writes, in a monumental biography of Johannes Brahms, that the Romantic composer’s work displays the counterpoint of Bach, the architecture of Beethoven, and the gentle lyricism of Schubert. The first half of this program explores these three powerful antecedents. The second half showcases Brahms in his autumnal years, as he unites the threads of his most compelling influences in a richly textured fabric of music that is expressive, progressive, and visionary. Join pianist and Steinway artist Lura Johnson for this exploration of Brahms’ Klavierstücke, Op. 118.
Lunch at 12
Recital at 1