“Upbeat”: Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 1

It is the only concertmaster solo in Johannes Brahms’s works – but one of the most beautiful ever written: Noah Bendix-Balgley introduces the Hamburg composer’s First Symphony through narration and performance, accompanied by an insight into Kirill Petrenko’s rehearsals.

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Kirill Petrenko Chief conductor since 2019
Noah Bendix-Balgley Violin, composer

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