Most Apocalyptic Plagal Cadence: Brahms Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 1

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Richard Atkinson discusses the tremendous, superbly constructed first movement of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony in E minor, including its final, most apocalyptic of all plagal cadences . This is a fair use educational commentary that uses small excerpts from the following performances/recordings:

Brahms - Symphony No. 4:
Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckuUq7im8H4

Brahms - Symphony No. 1 (4th movement):
Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Brahms - Symphony No. 1 (3rd movement):
London Philharmonic, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Brahms - Symphony No. 3:
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Bach - Cantatas, BVW 140, 95, 162:
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

“Dies Irae” chant melody:
Alfred Deller Consort

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique:
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Haydn - Symphony No. 103, “Drumroll”:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Mahler - Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”:
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir George Solti

Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2:
Gidon Kremer

Brahms - Four Serious Songs, Op. 121:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (voice), Gerald Moore (pianoforte)

“El Queco” (Tango):
https://youtu.be/ymR-bLKQTFc

Leonard Bernstein’s Brahms analysis (of this same movement):
https://youtu.be/P9TinRdrwOU

Mozart - String Quartet in B-flat, K. 458, “The Hunt”:
Quatuor Mosaïques

00:00 - Exposition: first theme
17:46 - Exposition: orange fanfare and yellow second theme
25:23 - Exposition: mysterious pink arch and closing theme
28:48 - Development
38:54 -Recapitulation
43:30 -Coda

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