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Name: Brahms Obsessions
Start: 2024-05-04T07:00+00:00
End: 2024-05-06T06:59+00:00
Location: Lesher Center for the Arts

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Brahms Obsessions

Date: 05/04/2024 - 05/05/2024
Location: Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, California 94596
Introduction: Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann reunite, plus a World Premiere by Resident Composer Saad Haddad.

Saad Haddad, Young American Composer-in-Residence – World Premiere

Clara Schumann – Piano Concerto

Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1

Tortured by comparisons to Beethoven, it took Brahms 21 years to finish writing his first symphony. Some critics hailed the piece as “Beethoven’s Tenth” in recognition of Brahms’ ultimate triumph.
Clara Schumann was the longtime object of the Brahms’ ardent affections. In addition to being an acclaimed virtuosic pianist, she was also a prodigy who finished her only surviving piano concerto two weeks before her sixteenth birthday.
Our newest composer-in-residence makes his California Symphony debut.

Running Time: approx. 1 hour 55 minutes, with one intermission

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