The innocence, joy, and romance of the Brahms Second Symphony still resonate with us in the 21st century. As part of the Berliner Philharmoniker's joint Brahms-Schoenberg exploration, it's joined on their November 12 program by two electrifying works that could only have been written in the modern era. Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony resembles a miniature Mahler symphony, and in Erwartung, an opera for a single singer, Schoenberg said he tried “to represent in slow motion everything that occurs in a single second of maximum spiritual excitement.” Read more »
The Berliner Philharmoniker perform an excerpt from Brahms's Second Symphony. Watch the complete video at the Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall. Used courtesy of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Related events: November 12, 2009 Berliner Philarmoniker
