Concert Performances

Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1

Pianist Orion Weiss and TŌN, conducted by Leon Botstein, perform Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on September 19, 2026.

0:15 Maestoso (majestic)
24:05 Adagio (slow)
37:30 Rondo: Allegro non troppo (not too fast)

Johannes Brahms
Born: 5/7/1833 in Hamburg, Germany
Died: 4/3/1897 at age 63 in Vienna

Written: 1854–58, in Brahms’s early 20s
Premiere: 1/22/1859 at the Hoftheater in Hanover, Germany; Hanover Court Orchestra; Brahms, piano; Joseph Joachim, conductor

>Read concert notes by musicologist Peter Laki