Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn (The St Anthony Choral)
Saturday 27 August 2005 14:00-15:00 (Radio 3)
Stephen Johnson joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Grant Llewellyn for a look at Brahms' pioneering set of orchestral variations. Just as Mozart and Beethoven before him had used variation form to demonstrate their skills as performers, so Brahms used the form to show off his skills as a composer.
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