These are still great pieces, but more typically complicated. Academic Festival Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Male Choir 'Apollo', Eduard van Beinum Aafje Heynis's movingly eloquent account of the Alto Rhapsody ... the voice fresh, not too darkly timbred in its richness. 80 by Johannes Brahms (1833-97). It's simpler and more fun to listen to than some other pieces like the Brahms horn trio or even the Brahms requiem.

Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture.

80, German Akademische Festouvertüre, overture composed by Johannes Brahms on the occasion of his receiving an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Breslau (now the University of Wrocław in Wrocław, Poland).

How do you normally say 'thank you' to people? Biography. Born: 1833 Died: 1897 Country: Germany Period: Romantic The stature of Johannes Brahms among classical composers is well illustrated by his … Johannes Brahms said it in music in 1880 to the University of Breslau, which had given him an honorary doctorate. As for the Academic Festival and Tragic overtures, they are also done to a T. I've never had much great affection for these overtures though, seeing them as lightweight throwaways in the Brahms canon. Likewise, the powerful pessimism of the Tragic Overture and the brilliant optimism of the Academic Festival Overture are not nice, light, airy, and lyrical, they are the Janus-faces of Brahms' music. The work was composed in 1880 and first performed on January 4, 1881.

A musical thank you note, filled with drinking songs, from Brahms to Breslau university.

81 (117) Variations on a theme by Haydn (140) Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1 (14) Wiegenlied (Lullaby) (171) German Requiem, Op. A musical thank you note, filled with drinking songs, from Brahms to Breslau university. How do you normally say 'thank you' to people?

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The work was composed in 1880 and first performed on January 4, 1881. Brahms - Academic Festival Overture. (Any Brahms work that features the cymbals can't be taken TOO seriously.) Brahms - Academic Festival Overture. Johannes Brahms said it in music in 1880 to the University of Breslau, which had given him an honorary doctorate. Brahms ends the Academic Festival Overture in a rousing version of this song, using the powers of the full orchestra. This page lists all recordings of Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms (1833-97). Besides several student drinking songs, Brahms also gave the melody of the nationalistic song ‘Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus’ a prominent place in the Academic Festival Overture.

Johannes Brahms composed his Academic Festival Overture as a ‘thank you’ to the University of Breslau, which had awarded him an honorary doctorate. 80, German Akademische Festouvertüre, overture composed by Johannes Brahms on the occasion of his receiving an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Breslau (now the University of Wrocław in Wrocław, Poland).

Academic Festival Overture, Op. This page lists all recordings of Academic Festival Overture, Op. While the London Philharmonic plays superbly and Alsop conducts satisfactorily, these performances are merely fine as far as they go, but they don't go nearly far enough. Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. But nonetheless they are popular, and they're a nice filler. 80 (106) Tragic Overture, Op.