Listen "Brahms and the Future"
Episode Synopsis
Five Essays about the 19th-century German composer Johannes Brahms. Part 5 of 5.Recorded in front of an audience at St. Georges, Bristol, as part of BBC Radio 3's Brahms Experience - a week-long exploration of Brahms' life and music.Brahms lived in a time of tremendous change. The idea of the 'future' was never far from peoples' minds: new technology was emerging, the political map of Europe redrawn, and long-cherished ideas of art and culture overturned.But how did Brahms, a composer who mined the music of the past for inspiration, fit in with a world where progress was king?Pianist and writer Natasha Loges looks at Brahms' views on the future: recording technology, piano design - and his own place in the future of music.Producer: Melvin Rickarby.
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