When his lifelong friend Clara Schumann died in 1896, Brahms was devastated. His own health deteriorated, and he died of liver cancer in 1897.
"His legacy to us is a lifetime of extraordinary craft and artistic beauty without an inferior piece in the collection," notes Professor Greenberg.
Some of the Works you'll find excerpted in the lectures:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15, (1859)
A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1865)
Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40 (1865)
Songs, Op. 49, Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) (1868)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor , Op. 68 (1876)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major , Op. 73 (1877)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (1881)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major , Op. 90 (1883)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 (1885)
Quintet for Strings in G Major , Op. 111 (1890)
Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15, (1865)
Quartet for Four Voices and Piano, Neckereien (Teasing), Op. 31, No. 2, (1859)
Serenade in D Major , Op. 11 (1858)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a (1873)
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1 (1873)
Not registered yet? We'll like you more if you do!