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BRAHMS: PIANO QUINTET IN F MINOR, OP. 34, POCO SOSTENUTO, ALLEGRO NON TROPPO

While audiences loved the finale of his Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, with its flashing gypsy style, Brahms questioned whether that was the right way to finish a piece. This problem would haunt him for some years before he solved it to his satisfaction with his First Symphony.

This quintet’s finale starts with the kind of tonally ambiguous introduction that would define music a generation later. This was Brahms leaving his contemporaries in the dust. You can’t figure out what key he’s in – and Brahms doesn’t want you to figure it out either.

But eventually he settles into F minor for a theme based on “Frere Jacque,” but in a minor key. Just as Beethoven wrapped up his Ninth Symphony with four codas in the finale, Brahms does the same. The intensity increases to the very end, which features a blow-off on all five instruments.

This is a historic performance featuring many people I’ve seen in live performance over the years. The pianist in this video died shortly after this was taped.

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, fourth movement

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