Brahms Symphony No. 1, Favorite Moments: Mvt. 1

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Richard Atkinson discusses four of his favorite moments from the opening movement of Brahms’s First Symphony in C minor. This is a fair use educational commentary that uses small excerpts from the following performances/recordings:

Brahms Symphony No. 1
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (beginning of video only)

Brahms Symphony No. 4
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Mozart Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

Bartok String Quartet No. 4
Keller Quartet

Haydn Symphony No. 81
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

00:00 - Comments on the Brahms symphonies
02:01 - Slow introduction
07:10 - Exposition section
16:33 - Development/Recapitulation sections
24:58 - Coda section