Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4

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Image courtesy of L'Auditori

The Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Augustin Hadelich, and Ludovic Morlot perform Brahms' magnificent last symphony.

The concert opens with a premiere by Catalan composer Oriol Saladrigues. Artistic director of Barcelona’s Mixtur Festival, Saladrigues specializes in new technologies applied to creative work. 

The program also features Augustin Hadelich as soloist in Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work written on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The piece was premiered in New York by Catalan violinist Antoni Brosa, who was active on the British scene, collaborating regularly with the composer as well as being a close friend.

Johannes Brahms’ Fourth Symphony occupies the second part of the program. This final symphony by the man recognized as Germany’s greatest composer is enormously profound, with incomparable technical refinement and musicality. In common with Britten’s work, it looks to the past, using compositional techniques typical of the Baroque in its spectacular last movements. 

Program

• Oriol Saladrigues: New Work (2024) (World premiere, commissioned by L’Auditori.) 10'
• Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 (1938-1939) 32′
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 (1885) 40′

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