A concoction of German student drinking songs, Brahms wrote the Academic Overture as thanks to Breslau University for awarding him an honorary degree. Film buffs might recognise the main tune - it ...

Johannes Brahms was one of the few composers who had the privilege of living to experience the impact his music had on the world. Throughout the course of his life, he garnered one prestigious award ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The festival opens with Brahms' Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op.

Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahms orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honour the 150th anniversary of the composers birth in 1983 For the concertos ...

A cellist in the Stanford Symphony Orchestra focuses intently during Brahms’ “Academic Overture” at Bing Concert Hall. Photo by Brian Leahy. This past Saturday, the Stanford Symphony Orchestra (SSO) ...

School's out, results are in, there must be some music for the celebration. Indeed, there is, something that really hits the spot, even if the title sounds somewhat straitlaced and stuffy. It's the ...

This week Michael Stern and Dan Margolies share works that are meant to inspire young music fans and are somehow also tied to academe. Featured are Brahms' Academic Festival Overture and Second ...

Disc 1. Frederick Stock, conductor. Mendelssohn: Wedding March, from ”A Midsummer Night`s Dream” incidental music (recorded 1916). Wagner (arr. Theodore Thomas): ”Traume,” from Wesendonk Songs (1928).

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. “Brahms Unbound,” Gustavo Dudamel’s month-long Los Angeles Philharmonic ...