
Mikko Franck and Yefim Bronfman perform Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1

Berliner Philharmoniker
Mikko Franck
Yefim Bronfman
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor, op. 15Yefim Bronfman piano
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, op. 82
One would never get the idea that virtuosity could be an end in itself with Yefim Bronfman, who has been a world-class pianist for many years. His artistry is always devoted to the work itself – regardless of whether he launches into a hard-hitting thunderstorm of chords or caresses delicate poetic tableaus out of the keys. “With Brahms I think of natural landscapes, mountains, green valleys and beautiful panoramas, of incredible grandeur,” Bronfman says about the composer, whose First Piano Concerto he plays at these concerts.
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