Double Concerto, op. 102
PROGRAM NOTES
It is an absolute pleasure to be offering a performance of this incredible composition with the California Youth Symphony and our superb soloists Valery and Starla Breshears. It is a work of profound depth, beauty, and power, and one which I have held dear to me since I first heard it as a teenager in Los Angeles.
Audio Selections (with bonus materials!)
An in-depth look at the famous “War of the Romantics”, the ‘battle’ between the New German composers versus the “Conservative” wing of German music.
Major Works by Brahms
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Serenade No. 1 (1858)
Serenade No. 2 (1859)
Symphony No. 1 (1854-1876)
Symphony No. 2 (1877)
Academic Festival Overture (1880)
Tragic Overture (1880)
Symphony No. 3 (1883)
Symphony No. 4 (1885)
CONCERTOS
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1854-58)
Violin Concerto (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1881)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (1887)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
A German Requiem (1868)
Rinaldo (Cantata) (1868)
Alto Rhapsody (1869)
Schicksalslied “Song of Destiny” (1871)
Triumphlied “Song of Triumph” (1871)
Nänie (1881)
Gesang Der Parzen “Song of the Fates” (1882)
CHAMBER WORKS
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major (1854)
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor (1855-75)
String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor (1859-73)
String Sextet No. 1 in Bb Major (1860)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor (1861)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major (1861)
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor (1862-65)
Piano Quintet in F Minor (1864)
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major (1865)
Trio for Piano, Violin, and Horn (1865)
String Quartet No. 3 in Bb Major (1875)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major (1879)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major (1880-82)
String Quintet No. 1 in F Major (1882)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major (1886)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major (1886)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor (1888)
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major. (1890)
Trio for Piano, Violin and Clarinet (1891)
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor (1891)
Sonata No. 1 in F Minor for Piano and Clarinet (1894)
Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major for Piano and Clarinet (1894)
Note: Brahms also composed many, many works for solo piano as well as a very large body of choral works and songs!
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BRAHMS VIDEO LINKS
CYS and Brahms
As you can see in “MAJOR WORKS BY BRAHMS”, the composer did not actually compose a large number of orchestral works. CYS has performed the following compositions by Brahms:
- • Violin Concerto (Kenneth Hsu, Violin) 1997
- • Piano Concerto No. 2 (Natasha Paremski, Piano) 2002
- • Schicksalslied 2002 and France Tour
- • Symphony No. 2 1994
- • Symphony No. 4 1993
- • Double Concerto (Starla and Valery Breshears) 2022
- • Academic Festival Overture 1994 Vienna Tour
