Beethoven and Brahms Fourth Symphonies – OFGC Subscription Concert 4

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Beethoven’s and Brahms’s Fourth Symphonies come together under the baton of Constantinos Carydis. Two masterpieces of the symphonic repertoire. The Symphony No. 4 of Beethoven and the Symphony No. 4 of Brahms show two very different ways of understanding tradition and the evolution of musical language between Classicism and Romanticism. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Two Fourth Symphonies, two masterpieces that mark the transition between Classicism and Romanticism and have clearly distinct characters, share the same program under the direction of Constantinos Carydis. An exceptional opportunity to return to Beethoven’s Fourth, which Schumann described as “a slender Greek maiden between two Nordic giants,” a work that contrasts with the strong tensions of the Third and Fifth symphonies: everything in the Fourth breathes optimism, lyrical abandon, and even an unmistakable touch of humor. Brahms’s Fourth, the pinnacle of his symphonic cycle, is a composition in which the talent and inspiration of the Hamburg composer, with his gaze fixed on Bach, reach their most complete expression. Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 Brahms, Symphony No. 4