1st Philharmonic Concert: Towards Heaven

That great music could transcend the everyday world and touch on philosophical truths was one of the widely shared beliefs in the Romantic era. This heaven-seeking aspiration was primarily associated with the genre of the symphony. Proclaiming it was easy for philosophers and writers in particular, while composers faced the less thankless task of fulfilling it. Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann in particular are lucky cases here. To this day, t...