Brahms Obsessions

Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann reunite, plus a World Premiere by Resident Composer Saad Haddad.

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The Lesher Center for the Arts

1 hour and 55 minutes, with intermission

COVID Safety

What’s Interesting About This Concert

  • 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.

The Program

Saad Haddad, Young American Composer-in-ResidenceWorld Premiere

Clara SchumannPiano Concerto

Johannes BrahmsSymphony No.1

Featured Artists

Artistic and Music Director, Donato Cabrera

Robert Thies, piano

Saad Haddad

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