MÁV Symphony Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Music by Johannes Brahms is made relevant and exciting even today by the characteristic alloying of respect for tradition and innovation. The light rather than dignified Academic Festival Overture was in fact written as a musical “thank you” for the honorary doctorate the University of Breslau bestowed on Brahms. The Violin Concerto in D major, which was disparaged by critics of the day yet since then is considered an essential part of the Brahms oeuvre, was composed for the electrifying violin playing of Joseph Joachim, as a consequence of which the piece is packed full of tension, which Kristóf Baráti – who has not yet reached his mid-30s yet is internationally acclaimed and a winner of the Paganini Competition – is able to capture with his refined musical intelligence. However, the popular Symphony No. 2 also speaks of undisguised joy of life and exuberant happiness, belying somewhat the commonly held view of Brahms as consistently gloomy and distant.