Honens @ Home: Karim Said performs Brahms

At the 2015 Honens International Piano Competition, Semifinalist Karim Said performed Theme and Variations in D minor Op. 18b by Joannes Brahms, an arrangement of his first string sextet.  Brahms was joined by Clara Schumann at the premiere of his String Sextet No. 1 in B-sharp Major Op. 18. She loved it and asked him to arrange the slow movement for solo piano. He obliged, and gave it to her in time for her birthday in 1860. This arrangement is "full of Brahms' typical subtleties of structure and melodic and harmonic beauty," (Steven Coburn, AllMusic) so it isn't surprising that Brahms, himself, was very fond of the piece.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.

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