Gidon Kremer performs Violin Concerto in D major second movement composed by Johannes Brahms with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Gidon Kremer (born February 27, 1947) is a Latvian violinist and conductor. In 1967, he won third prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels; then, in 1969, second prize at the Montreal International Violin Competition (shared with Oleh Krysa) followed by first prize at the Paganini Competition in Genoa; and finally first prize again in 1970 at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, he eventually settled in Vienna, Austria. Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 is one of the best-known of all violin concertos. The work was premiered by Joachim in Leipzig on January 1, 1879. Various modifications were made between then and the work's publication by Fritz Simrock later in the year. It follows the standard concerto form, with three movements in the pattern quick-slow-quick: 1. Allegro non troppo (D major) 2. Adagio (F major) 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco piu presto (D major) The Vienna Philharmonic (in German: Wiener Philharmoniker) is an orchestra in Austria, regularly considered as one of the finest in the world. |
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