Masterpieces of Western Music

Humanities W1123 · Prof. Michael Thaddeus

Johannes Brahms (1832-1897)

Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op. 56a (19'02)
played by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur

The Musikverein in Vienna, where Brahms conducted the premiere of the Variations (click to enlarge)

Program of the premiere

The individual variations:
Theme
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Variation 5
Variation 6
Variation 7
Variation 8
Variation 9

Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op. 56b
played by Murray Perahia and Georg Solti

Theme
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Variation 5
Variation 6
Variation 7
Variation 8
Variation 9