The composer’s first foray into orchestral music premiered in January 1859 in Hannover, when Brahms was only 25. The piece was poorly received at first, but within Brahms' lifetime it gained an audience for its grandeur and placement of piano and orchestra on an equal footing. The concerto is divide...
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 was written by Johannes Brahms.
Johannes Brahms released Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 on Sat Jan 22 1859.
After a disastrous early performance in Leipzig, Brahms wrote to his friend Joseph Joachim:
I will force this hard and pointed steel pen of Sahr’s to relate to you how it came about that my Concerto has experienced here a brilliant and decisive – failure … I believe that this is the best thing that...