Quick Guide: Brahms Symphony No. 1
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This video gives a quick run through of Brahms' First Symphony, including the movements:
Un poco sostenuto - Allegro - Meno allegro (C minor, ending in C major)
Andante sostenuto (E major)
Un poco allegretto e grazioso (A♭ major)
Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Più allegro (C minor - C major)
0:00 - Movement 1
6:08 - Movement 2
8:06 - Movement 3
9:14 - Movement 4
12:43 - Recommended Recordings
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Love this Symphony
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What do you think of the 1937 recording by VPO (conducted by Bruno Walter)? It tends to be my favourite version of this Symphony...
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I watched videos of the Quick Guide to Beethoven's symphonies and must say that they were brilliant! Condensing the piece but also not missing the details is very difficult but it was done brilliantly!
Yes it can be hard to get right sometimes when there's potentially so much to say
While I age, I’ve come to warm up more and more to Brahms. Memorizing all of Beethoven’s works over the years, by my middle age, I fell in love with Mahler and his metaphysical themes. The calling of Brahms works brings me back to a somewhat musical foundation from Beethoven in a style and mood only Brahms can describe.
Honestly, and rather ashamedly, I have never really paid much attention to the work of Brahms. For me it was always overshadowed by the bigger names that came before. Hearing this explained in snippets has sparked my interest again. Snippets of themes that suddenly sound new and fresh to my ears. Thank you so much - I am off to listen to his Symphony No. 1 :)
Everytime i hear Brahms 1st Symphony immediately i wanted to cry, it‘s such a beautiful and majestic piece😭❤️
And whenever 4th Movement came up it brought tears to my eyes. Wonderful❤️
I’ve played this as a violinist a few years ago, one of my favourites still! There are so many great parts... the introduction, the “sunrise” ending of the first movement, the beautiful harmonies of the second movement, the famous theme of the finale... but my favourite is definitely the alpine theme.
The Brahms symphonies are amazing. From the 1st note of the 1st to the last note of the 4th there's not a dull moment.
Thanks for these guides very much . They have helped me and many others to understand these symphonies much better .
totally agree!
Glad you've got value from them!
11:03 whenever i heard those melody my tears always shows up in the edge of my eyes and always got goosebumps. It's so BEAUTIFUL!!
Hello! After you finish Brahms’s symphonies, can you please do the Mahler symphonies? Thank you very much!
I second that motion
Yes! And Sibelius
This video is widely underrated. Please continue with these masterful videos!
Always found Brahms' first the one that is the hardest to completely understand, though recognizing its beauty. Thanks to you now I understand it much more thoroughly and appreciate this intricate assembly of basic musical material into a colossal body of art.
Thank you so much for your great guides! They are so interesting and helpful even for a professional musician as myself. Always looking forward to more!
I'm really happy to see a video on Brahm's first. It's one of my favorite pieces.
This is a godsend! I’ve been transfixed by this symphony for the last few days and wanted to better appreciate it.
Great Timing then!
I’ve never heard Brahms hosted so discursively, with both scholarly understanding and passionate affection. Thank you! I wonder, though, if it’s engaging to people who aren’t already infatuated with Johannes. I hope so-he needs defenders in the future. No one can understand the autumnal-art, waning-empire, faded-glory culture of the 19th century, or the heart and soul of Central Europe, on the frontier between Enlightenment rustic authenticity and the industrial alienation of Modernism.
The weather is finally cool enough to walk outside at night. The perfect opportunity to catch up on your very informative videos. Enjoying them very much! 🎶😊
Amazing guide and explanation, thank you! Can't wait to fall in love with this piece.
Thanks for this and excited for the videos on the other symphonies! The alphorn motif and the wind-chorale that follows it is, in my opinion, some of the most beautifull music ever written, especially if we are just talking about symphonies.
I've been waiting for this! Looking forward to your analysis of the 2nd and 4th.
Great video - truly an ear-opener! Thanks!
Your channel is absolutely amazing.
This is the symphony I first played as a principal horn player. I still remember the moment I shivered my right hand inside the bell, waiting for the Alphorn theme and 2nd movement solo to come. Thank you for suggesting us a chance to revisit such a majestic piece!
If you can put some time on the instruments, would you mind making videos about how unusual instruments (brass and woodwinds) are used in orchestration and their purposes?
I greatly appreciated your comment as a professional horn player, and I hope to see a reply to your question (in the 2nd paragraph).
I love Brahms symphonies, thank You!
My favourite of the romantics :)
I was so waiting for this!!!
thanks to your previous video, I'm now into Brahms and my ears have been blessed
Truly a magnificent piece
Your explanation and musical insights are priceless, thank you so so much!
Btw this symphony is one of my absolute favorites - this one, and the fourth.
Thank you, learning a lot in an exciting way. 🌹
One of the most striking characteristics of the first movement, for me, is the pounding insistent rhythm which never lets up; it becomes a kind of ticking clock motif around which the other motifs swirl and occasionally syncopate. Could it be an intimation of the weight of history and posterity Brahms felt in the anticipation of his first symphony?
I interpret it that way in my head too - the first movement is Brahms' exploding anxieties, and the joyous song in the fourth is the transcendent release he finally found after all those years of writing this piece.
Somehow & accidentally stumbled upon your videos. Excellent content and analysis presented in a polished & compelling way. Subscribed! :)
Thank you for the videos!
Thanks for this superb exposition. Perfectly pitched. For me Brahms 1 is only topped by Brahms 4 - would be great to hear your interpretation of that also. Great job!
Awesome!
This channel needs millions of subs, not 182k! So underrated!
Thank you, most sincerely.
can’t wait for the quick guide to Brahms Symphony 3 *hint hint*
Thank you very much for the exquisite analysis. Understanding Romantic and 20th century music is much an uphill task for classical newbies like me. Next should be Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique) or Robert Schumann's Symphony No 3 or Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
Thank you so much for this video. I love Brahms and his symphonies; and "German Requiem". Your content is always so insightful and interesting. I hope you don't mind me asking, but I would LOVE for you to do a full analysis on the "Requiem" by Antonin Dvorak some time soon. That is one of my absolute favorite pieces! :-) It is truly a masterpiece that is somehow, way too underrated. I would love to see a analysis video on that piece.
Also, I would truly love to see also, an analysis on the "Requiem" by Hector Berlioz; another magnificent piece and one of my favorites. :-) Thank you.
Amazing
I love these serious so much!! Any plan on shosty’a symphony or tchai?
Interesting thank-you
There is Sturm und Drang in this symphony, like is 1st piano concerto, which the other symphonies do not have, although they have other qualities, but this one is raw and direct.
thank you so much ,now I have more melodies to practice with my amateur violin playing 😆
The third movement is my favorite
If you can handle elderly recording. Try Jochum/BPO recordings from the 50s on DG.... very unique and fresh approach to the symphonies.
I would be very interested in your take on the alterations to the horn parts at letter M in the finale. I rather prefer Brahms' original intent here, with the horns stating the motive, followed by the WWs (w/ horns playing a wonderful syncopated figure that really propels the music forward), then taken by the strings. The change in color with each statement of the motive is a wonderful example of Brahms orchestrational genius, but it's more often than not changed to have the horns fully enter in octaves, and then continue the motive OVER the woodwinds. Check the original edition uploaded on IMSLP to see the alterations marked into a 1st edition score. The Vienna Phil usually plays Brahms original, UNLESS specifically asked otherwise. I wonder where and why this alteration first appeared.
Thanks for raising this intriguing question in such details. I wouldn't have noticed the alterations without reading your insightful comment. I look forward to reading any replies to your question. Perhaps from some conductors.
I've got my Brahms 1st ready - it's from Karajan's Symphony Edition. The 2nd try, since I didn't like Walter's performance of the 1st (but his 3rd is terrific)!
To go further: Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem (Giulini, Bonney, Schmidt, VPO); Clarinet Quintet op. 115
Also: if you want to be blown away by emotions - try Freire & Chailly performing Brahms Piano Concerti! Jaw-dropping performance!
Karajan Symphony Edition is a great buy!!! It's always in my car
The only downside to Karajan's Brahms is his unwillingness to observe repeats.
Brahms was very particular about this. He was once asked about this and his answer was basically: "If I care to write them, it always has a reason."
Some works of Brahms have sonata forms with repeats, others without, you can't just decide on a whim to ignore the repeats. But Karajan does that all the time. Even in Beethoven he decides case by case.
@@Quotenwagnerianer So, what's your recommendation then?
07:42 This theme gives me some vibes from Mozart's 41st Symphony, 2nd movement!
5th.Nice analysis
Composers: "Nobody will ever top Beethoven's 9th!"
Brahms: "Hold my beer" (for 20 years)
That needs to be on a T-Shirt
Do you like repeats in the 1st movement? Personally I like the versions with repeats. But it's a matter which confuses musically uneducated listeners such as myself. Why are there versions with and without repeats for so many pieces? I noticed the same with Mozart and Schubert. Why certain sections are sometimes repeated, yet some recordings skip them? I would think that objectively, one of the approaches must be the correct, the "orthodox" one. Either the composer wanted repeats or not.
Thank you for asking the question about repeats that many listeners, including myself, have. In general, I believe that, if the composer indicated repeats, the passages should be repeated, as in the exposition repeat in the first movement of this Brahms 1st Symphony. Other obvious examples include the first movement of Beethoven's 3rd and Dvorak's 9th. Of course, some performances were cut shorter (i.e., skipping the repeats) for business/production reasons, such as to meet the constraints of time (on a CD or on one side of an old 78-rpm record with preciously limited run time).
Will u do some on piano works?
Please do a video on Thomas Newman
Perhaps Brahms chose the keys of his movements in the order C minor, E, A Flat, C Minor so they are each a major third above the last and the final movement is in the same key as the first. The major thirds also fit how both those first and last movements turn to C Major. So throughout there's a tension between minor and major. And the overall C Minor also makes sense if this is seen as Beethoven's 10th because it's the same key as his 5th.
The rhythm is also shared with LVBs 5th.. da.da.da.da...the connection runs deep. And haydn symphony 28 is the first symphony to have that rhythmic figure..Brahms had a genius mind for sure
3:52 Excerpt
There is an accidental missing in the canon that starts the development, in both parts.
The second theme from the fourth movement sounds like a Beethoven melody. I remember hearing it in Beethoven but I don't remember where.
7:46 doesn’t this sounds like the beginning of the second movement of Beethoven’s 4th?
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Somehow I’ve just never got away with Brahms music, though everything points to the fact that I should love it.
I used to feel that way about Brahms! I don't know when the switch flipped but I'm glad it did. Keep yourself open to it, if it happens one day then you'll love it!
Inside the Score I’ve been gravitating a lot to Dvorak lately, his symphonies are gems, but sadly seem lesser known, other than his 9th.
Check out his chamber music, the 4tets &5 & 6tets! Chilling...
Brahms has always been one of my favorites just a brilliant brilliant composer. The first movement of his vioin concerto has so many amazing moments for example.
Symphony 4 is the best of his 4 symphonies tbh (my opinion 🥺)
Do same for his greatest symphony -#4
it sounds like Beethoven's 9th and Elgar's land of glory
Se podria decir que mi vida fue transformada por brahms en algun sentido
Brahms was like: "I'll write the finale so blatantly like Beethoven that people won't even speculate why it sounds so similar."
Neither themes are what makes the respective symphonies great though.
Calling the main theme in the fourth movement one to rival Beethoven’s Ode to Joy isn’t quite right, it’s almost a direct quotation of it…
Spoiler: restatement of the chorale in the coda: th-cam.com/video/yXkL37CqGRw/w-d-xo.html
A vos ordres.
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Sub eng pleaseeeeeee
Subtitles English please
Brahms is the opposite of catchy/recognisable themes, nothing about his music is memorable, I don't understand any excitement towards his music whatsoever...maybe Academic Overture has his most memorable theme... But havibg said all this I still highly respect his music and he's a great composer, i just don't like his music....you can appreciate something but not like it.
Useful,but the staccato breakup of the melodic line by the commentary,teaches but takes away the joy of the aural experience
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Yes you are
I was faster
@@InsidetheScore never mind, you are
@@InsidetheScore Nope, I was. 20 seconds quicker than you in fact.