Symphony No. 3 (Brahms)
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Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 was written in the summer of 1883 at Wiesbaden, nearly six years after he completed his Second Symphony. In the interim, Brahms had written some of his greatest masterpieces, including the Violin Concerto, the two overtures, and the Second Piano Concerto.
The Symphony comprises four movements which take around 40 minutes in total to perform:
The premiere performance was given on December 2, 1883 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Hans Richter who proclaimed the Symphony to be Brahms' Eroica.
The famous theme from the third movement appeared in the film Aimez vous Brahms? by Anatole Lidvak, the BBC documentary The Century of the Self by Adam Curtis, and was also reused in the song Baby alone in Babylone by Serge Gainsbourg.
