Szent István Philharmonic

Johannes Brahms’s last symphony and Béla Bartók’s great Violin Concerto are separated by 54 years, yet they are linked by the concepts of tradition and renewal, and by thoughts of a confrontation with destiny. Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2 is a unique encounter of classical forms and the Hungarian musical language, while Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 is one of the deepest confessions of passing and reconciliation arising from the Romantic movement.