Vienna 1897: Brahms' Last Concert
Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]The OAE reconstructs the programme of the last concert Brahms attended, in the finale of its 40th anniversary season.
Two good friends of the OAE, Steven Isserlis and Maxim Emelyanychev, join for the finale of the orchestra’s season in celebration of the OAE’s 40th anniversary.
‘Today you will hear a real piece!’ declared Brahms to his companion before attending what we believe was his last concert in March 1897, which included his own Fourth Symphony.
Brahms’ Fourth Symphony is music that ‘is some of the darkest and deepest in the 19th century’ according to The Guardian. In fact, Brahms’ inner circle had advised him against releasing it publicly. However, at the concert in 1897, there was reportedly rapturous applause after each movement.
Steven Isserlis says of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B Minor that it ‘contains everything: beauty, heroism, poetry, joy, pathos, profundity. It is the work of a master at the height of powers’.
Haydn’s career had bridged the gap between the worlds of the late Baroque and the early Romantic era. Symphony No.73 dates from 1782 and a century later, while not as in fashion as he once was, his music was still able to take its place alongside Vienna’s modern masters in the orchestral repertoire.
Repertoire
- Brahms: Symphony No.4
Interval
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto
- Haydn: Symphony No.73 (La chasse)
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Admission
Min: £13.25
Max: £95.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Isserlis - cello
Other key names: Maxim Emelyanychev conductor
Duration: 2 hour(s) 15 min(s)
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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Vienna 1897: Brahms' Last Concert
Wednesday, 24 Jun 2026 @7.00pm
Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 8XXMore Information
The OAE reconstructs the programme of the last concert Brahms attended, in the finale of its 40th anniversary season.
Two good friends of the OAE, Steven Isserlis and Maxim Emelyanychev, join for the finale of the orchestra’s season in celebration of the OAE’s 40th anniversary.
‘Today you will hear a real piece!’ declared Brahms to his companion before attending what we believe was his last concert in March 1897, which included his own Fourth Symphony.
Brahms’ Fourth Symphony is music that ‘is some of the darkest and deepest in the 19th century’ according to The Guardian. In fact, Brahms’ inner circle had advised him against releasing it publicly. However, at the concert in 1897, there was reportedly rapturous applause after each movement.
Steven Isserlis says of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B Minor that it ‘contains everything: beauty, heroism, poetry, joy, pathos, profundity. It is the work of a master at the height of powers’.
Haydn’s career had bridged the gap between the worlds of the late Baroque and the early Romantic era. Symphony No.73 dates from 1782 and a century later, while not as in fashion as he once was, his music was still able to take its place alongside Vienna’s modern masters in the orchestral repertoire.
Repertoire
- Brahms: Symphony No.4
Interval
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto
- Haydn: Symphony No.73 (La chasse)
Admission
Min: £13.25
Max: £95.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Isserlis - cello
Other key names: Maxim Emelyanychev conductor
Duration: 2 hour(s) 15 min(s)
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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