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Inspiring the best
in every boy.
OPEN HOUSE
October 20 at 11am
Grades K–12, Parents & Students
THE BOYS’ LATIN SCHOOL
OF MARYLAND
822 West Lake Avenue Baltimore, MD 21210
www.boyslatinmd.com
36 O v ertur e |
www. bsomusic .org
The BSO
maximum possibilities from every
motive and theme, even bringing them
back in new guises in later movements.
This sturdy intellectual foundation
is overlaid with some of his loveliest
melodies, clothed in exquisite orchestral
colors. But it is easier for conductors and
orchestras to dazzle audiences with the
other symphonies than with this subtle
creation, all four of whose movements
end quietly.
The first movement opens with
three rising chords that spell out F-A
(flat)-F, a personal motto for Brahms
that pervades much of the symphony.
Years earlier, Brahms and his close
friend, violinist Joseph Joachim, had
experimented with musical mottos
symbolizing their bachelor status.
Joachim’s was F-A-E for “Frei aber
einsam”
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