I forgot to mention the magic at 12:34. Of course, I believe the piece to be much more than isolated moments. Nevertheless, I find myself waiting for those hysterical, canonical strings at 12:34!
When I first started listening to art music, I remember that this piece sounded too thick. I could not process all the beautiful "information" that Brahms had written. It took a while to appreciate this. I love the B-flat minor perorative phrases which occur twice in the first movement.
I need your help. To the best of my memory, Combat ran on the ABC TV network. But contemporary with it, was another World War II dramatic series which was produced for NBC. It too was a 60 minute weekly and for the life of me I can't remember it's title or any details. I thought that Neville ...
I forgot to mention the magic at 12:34. Of course, I believe the piece to be much more than isolated moments. Nevertheless, I find myself waiting for those hysterical, canonical strings at 12:34!