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Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 — I. Allegro con brio (Musopen Symphony) — Musopen Symphony

Symphony No. 3 In F Major Op. 90

PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDINGJohannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 — I. Allegro con brio (Musopen Symphony) — Musopen SymphonyJohannes Brahms · Musopen SymphonyPlay full recording
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01 / The first 30 seconds

30-second entrance

Choose one family first—strings, winds or brass. Do not try to understand the whole orchestra at once.

Mood / situation

Opening space, moving from private feeling to a larger scene

Minute to hear first

00:00–01:00: follow one instrument family and wait for the handoff.

02 / LISTEN FOR

Three things to wait for

  1. Handoffs between instrument families
  2. Not louder, but wider
  3. The first color change of a theme

03 / RIGHTS

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Wikimedia Commons

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04 / VERSION

Version / performer information

The key orchestral question is transparency: can you hear inner voices, or only a mass of sound?

PERFORMERMusopen Symphony605s · PUBLIC-DOMAIN

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Wikimedia Commons source recordJohannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 — III. Poco allegretto — Wikimedia Commons source recordWikimedia Commons source recordJohannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 — I. Allegro con brio — Wikimedia Commons source recordWikimedia Commons source recordJohannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 — II. Andante — Wikimedia Commons source recordWikimedia Commons source recordJohannes Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major Op.90 — IV. Allegro — Wikimedia Commons source recordMusopen SymphonyJohannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 — II. Andante (Musopen Symphony) — Musopen SymphonyMusopen SymphonyJohannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 — III. Poco allegretto (Musopen Symphony) — Musopen SymphonyMusopen SymphonyJohannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 — IV. Allegro (Musopen Symphony) — Musopen Symphony