Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 received its premiere on this date (November 9) in 1881! Brahms played the solo part at the first performance in Budapest with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Composed between 1878 and 1881, during the most fertile period of his career, the work was an immediate success. With tongue in cheek he described the piece to Clara Schuman as "a very small piano concerto with a tiny, tender scherzo." To the contrary, the scherzo is quite tempestuous. We share with you a

On this day - November 4, 1876, Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor was premiered. Often called “Beethoven’s Tenth,” Brahms spent over 20 years perfecting this symphony, balancing dramatic intensity with lyrical beauty. We share with you this video excerpt of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in an excerpt of the fourth movement of Brahms's First Symphony. | Leonard Bernstein