Die Drei B Sinfoniekonzert by Bach, J. S., Beethoven, Brahms, O 03 okt 2023, No (2023/2023), Diriģents Rubén Dubrovsky, Gärtnerplatztheater, Munich, Germany

»German unity« – is there something like that in music too? On the contrary, music is always diversity! So we're celebrating the holiday with an evening of musical diversity that spans the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras. Isn't a symphony the same as a symphony? The program begins with a symphony, from the time when the term referred to an instrumental introduction. It comes from Bach's cantata "We thank you, God, we thank you" (1731). For seven decades, the symphony blossomed into an independent major form, as evidenced by Beethoven's exuberant 2nd symphony (1801/1802). The »second second« of the evening, that of Brahms, the third big B flat of the concerto, is a good 70 years younger. The master from Hamburg hesitated for a long time before even daring to write symphonies in view of Beethoven's powerful shadow - his Second (1877) is now regarded as one of his most popular instrumental compositions.