Chief conductor Fabio Luisi, celebrated for his authoritative interpretations of Brahms, leads the DR Symphony Orchestra in a programme devoted entirely to the composer. The evening opens with Arnold Schoenberg's orchestral transcription of Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor — a work Schoenberg undertook because he felt the piano overpowered the strings in the original chamber version. The result is a full symphonic canvas that stands as its own significant work, fusing the voices of two musical geniuses.
The concert culminates with Brahms' Symphony No. 4, his final symphonic statement — a deeply personal meditation on mortality, melancholy, and creative defiance. In Luisi's hands, the work reveals its many layers with a rare balance of intellectual clarity and emotional depth.
The programme is performed on two consecutive evenings (5 and 6 November 2026) in the Koncertsalen at DR Koncerthuset.
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DR Symfoniorkestret
DR Symfoniorkestret is the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, resident at DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen. Over the past decade its traversal of Mahler's symphonies with chief conductor Fabio Luisi has produced some of the most memorable moments in the orchestra's history.
Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi is the chief conductor of DR Symfoniorkestret. His ongoing Mahler symphony cycle with the orchestra has been a defining artistic project of his tenure.
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