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Discover More: Pre-Concert Talk
18:30 Fri 9 Mar 2018 Lord Mayor's Reception Room
Brahms' First: a swift guide
Brahms' First: a swift guide

Discover More: Pre-Concert Talk

The opening to Brahms says it all: upper instruments straining to escape the downward pull and the heavy beat of the rest of the orchestra. This is a work about breaking free, and we’ll follow that trajectory from first movement to last, where, symbolically, a horn call floats in from alpine peaks.