Brahms' Fourth Symphony

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Image courtesy of L'Auditori

Two major works of the classical repertoire, influential in their respective genres—concert and symphony—are brought together in a program that will also feature an internationally acclaimed soloist, violinist Sergey Khachatryan accompanied by conductor Eun Sun Kim. Beethoven’s Concerto in D Major has become a romantic paradigm through the privileged position of an individual at the epicenter of the action, facing the elements with an incorruptible personality and a polarizing virtuosity.

In the powerful figure of Brahms, a self-confessed admirer of Beethoven and one who remained under his great shadow for years, the second generation of romantic composers found an example of commitment in the search for perfection, not without forcefulness. The last symphony, which begins with the recitative of an insistent melody—seemingly always returning, similar and different like the waves of a metal sea—includes emotionally complex and meticulous episodes that lead to the final passacaglia: an invitation to take part in the “perpetual movement” sought by the Baroque view of the world that, in an untimely language, reaches the paroxysm of expressivity.

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