Brahms - Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 | Simon Trpčeski | WDR Sinfonieorchester

Johannes Brahms' Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for piano and orchestra, op. 83, performed by soloist Simon Trpčeski and the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of its principal conductor Cristian Măcelaru. Recorded live on 14.03.2023 at Filarmonica Banatul, Timișoara. Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, op. 83 00:00:00 I. Allegro non troppo 00:17:49 II. Allegro appassionato 00:26:55 III. andante 00:38:58 IV. Allegretto grazioso Simon Trpčeski ,Piano WDR Symphony Orchestra Cristian Măcelaru ,conductor In his series "Kurz und Klassik", chief conductor Cristian Măcelaru talks about Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2:    • Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 | "Kurz und K...   ► For more on the symphony orchestra, concerts and current livestreams, visit https://sinfonieorchester.wdr.de ► The WDR Symphony Orchestra on Facebook   / wdrsinfonieorchester   ► Further concerts and introductions to works from the world of classical music, symphonic crossover, choral singing and concerts for children can also be found in the ARD Mediathek: https://www.ardmediathek.de/klassik Work Introduction: One often imagines the composer:s life as a perpetual mixture of vacation and concentrated seclusion. On the one hand, this coincides with reality: it is not only known for Johannes Brahms that he withdrew to summer retreats in order to give free rein to his inspiration undisturbed by the hustle and bustle of the Viennese city. At the end of this intensive phase of composing, the result is often one or even several compositions. This was also the case with the Second Piano Concerto, which he completed in the summer of 1881 in Pressbaum, Lower Austria, after having sketched it the year before in Bad Ischl. Usually, the program notes then record the path to the premiere, namely usually the one or other letter to friends or publishers already during the creation, then the return from the summer retreat and finally the first public presentation of the new work. Essentially, this is also the case with the second Brahms concerto. To his good friend Elisabeth von Herzogenberg, the composer wrote in a typically ironic tone: "I want to announce that I have written a quite a little piano concerto with a quite a little delicate scherzo." This is indeed unusual: piano concertos usually have three movements, and a scherzo usually appears more in symphonies. In considering how and where to play the concerto in public for the first time, Brahms finds an offer from Hans von Bülow extremely convenient. The pianist and conductor had become court music director in Meiningen the year before, where there was a phenomenal orchestra. Brahms played through the new concerto intensively there with Bülow and his musicians and was thus able to correct many passages directly. Budapest, however, was scheduled for the premiere, and what followed that November 9, 1881, puts the image of Brahms' solitary desk life into perspective. By the end of January, he had traveled across northern Europe, playing the concerto as soloist a total of 14 times, including in Zurich, Strasbourg, Breslau, Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam - an energy-sapping ordeal given the long and uncomfortable travel distances of the time. Text: Otto Hagedorn