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The Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes (OPCM) will present its 12th season, which will include Brahms' Requiem, Verdi's La Traviata, and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

Conductor Kurt Masur's role in Germany’s reunification has tended to obscure his musical strengths. I'd previously dismissed him as a safe, reliable pair of hands, so exploring this Brahms set was an ...

Our new series continues with Brahms - for some a reactionary, for others a radical, the highly wrought dramas of his symphonies and concertos and the quiet distinction of his chamber works have ...

Johannes Brahms is a funny one in the history of classical music. When you first hear his work it seems older than it is, like he should be further to the left on the following timeline, by birth date ...

It must have been quite a moment when Brahms heard the clarinettist play. A seminal moment, for at the age of 57, and seeing the direction music was taking as the younger Modernists began to seize ...

Tyshawn Sorey’s tribute to the Rothko Chapel, a vintage Pavarotti concert and a release from the Berlin Philharmonic are among our selections. In this short piano piece, an intimate song without words ...

In this regularly updated guide, our critic recommends the best classical and opera releases of the year – and suggests a few to avoid Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...

Two of the great Romantics share this as their birthday. Johannes Brahms (right) was born on May 7, 1833. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (left) arrived exactly seven years later. Chalk and cheese. They made ...