Word: brahms
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Grieg's quartette for strings, Brahm's Intermezzi for the piano played by Mr. Rafael Joseffy, and Schumann's quintette for piano and strings, E. flat...
...less an artist than Mr. Nikisch. Of course the songs were interpreted exquisitely. The Haydn Symphony was given with precision and with charming grace. Mr. Nikisch's splendid string band was at its best and would have delighted even Haydn himself. The only uninteresting number on the program was Brahm's Ten Variations on a Thema by Hayden. The audience was moved to hearly applause at the close by the magnificent hymn-like climax. Goldmark's Overture, "Sakurtala," of rich orchestration and beautiful melody, was grandly played and was the most effective number of the evening...