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6-Jun-2012
Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall
Majestic Brahms: Sydney Symphony perform Brahms and Shostakovich
Image credit: Oleg CaetaniFriday night's concert, entitled Majestic Brahms, was a concert of two very different halves, with Brahms' Second Piano Concerto comprising the first half and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony the second. The Brahms is a Herculean piece with one of the most challenging solo parts in the repertoire. Lasting approximately fifty minutes, it is a concerto on a symphonic scale. Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony is in many ways a concerto for orchestra, with the composer using the scope of the orchestra to the full.
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