Lessons in Vienna, part III: Brahms 2 in depth

This series of articles expands on notes taken by Nicholas Smith in lessons with Roland Berger in 1977. Next he wanted to hear the Brahms 2nd Symphony excerpts. He explained that the opening solo should be played soloisticly although basically at a piano dynamic. He didn’t want an obvious crescendo into the 3rd bar of […]

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