Johannes Brahms Sinfonie Nr 4 Cristian Măcelaru WDR Sinfonieorchester

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Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98, performed by the WDR Sinfonieorchester under the baton of its principal conductor Cristian Măcelaru. Recorded live on 14.03.2023 in Timișoara, Filarmonica Banatul. • Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98 • 00:00:00 I. Allegro non troppo • 00:12:43 II. Andante moderato • 00:24:23 III. allegro giocoso - poco meno presto - tempo I • 00:30:17 IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più Allegro • WDR Symphony Orchestra • Cristian Măcelaru, conductor • ► A very personal introduction to the works is available here with solo flutist Michael Faust https://studio.youtube.com/video/o22r... • ► For more on the symphony orchestra, concerts and current livestreams, visit https://sinfonieorchester.wdr.de • ► The WDR Symphony Orchestra on Facebook / wdrsinfonieorchester • Work Introduction: • With the crushing legacy of Beethoven behind him, it took Johannes Brahms a quarter of a century to complete his 1st Symphony. When this succeeded, Brahms had three more symphonies follow after 1876. Mostly he used his free time in the summer vacations for this. Thus the 4th Symphony was written in 1884 and 1885 in the small village of Mürzzuschlag in Styria. While Brahms brooded over new compositions, little information leaked out. And when it did, his vague hints were mostly skeptical. To a family friend, he announced his Fourth as a new sad symphony and wrote from his vacation home to conductor Hans von Bülow: For I fear it tastes of the local climate - the cherries here will not be sweet [...]. What is implied here is the austere and elegiac character of the 4th Symphony. Because Brahms' circle of acquaintances reacted with misgivings to the new symphony, the composer decided to give a preliminary performance on two pianos (two weeks before the premiere). The reaction here was also restrained, but after the successful premiere by the Meininger Hofkapelle on October 25, 1885, the Fourth also found its way into concert halls. • With the Symphony No. 4 op. 98, Brahms concluded his symphonic work. At the same time, the Fourth also meant the end of the classical-romantic symphony and its final solution through night to light . The question of how Beethoven's symphonic legacy could be continued moved the entire 19th century. Brahms answered it in the finale of the 4th Symphony with a recourse to the Baroque chaconne or passacaglia. Relying on the majestic austerity and sublime grandeur of this time-tested variation model, Brahms achieved orchestral weight and symphonic grandeur in this original way. The young Richard Strauss was enthusiastic about this as one of the first listeners: A giant work [...] new and original and yet from A to Z a genuine Brahms. • (Text: Tilla Clüsserath)

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