Interview
Musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker on the Brahms/Schumann cycle Third concert in the Brahms/Schumann cycle with Simon Rattle
The third symphonies of Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann which Simon Rattle conducts in this 2014 concert demonstrate that Romanticism was not only a period of reflection but also of confidence. The Brahms work, which was sometimes compared to Beethoven’s Eroica, comes across as powerful and optimistic, while Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony shows an unusually exuberant side of the composer.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
© 2014 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
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