Rhapsodie in Eb [5'00"]

Rhapsodie in Eb is one of ‘The Four Pieces for Piano,’ Op. 119, which are four character pieces composed by Johannes Brahms in 1893. The collection is the last composition for solo piano by Brahms. Each of the first three pieces is called an intermezzo, and the last a Rhapsody (the German spelling Rhapsodie is also common in English publications). He completed these pieces during his summer holiday in Ischl, Upper Austria, in 1893, the first intermezzo being written in May and the following three pieces in June. Nathan’s orchestration of the last movement scores the complete work, in the style of Brahms, and was supervised by his teacher, Jonathan Tunick. Scored for 3 Fl (2°=Picc), 3 Ob (2°=E.Hn.), 3 Cl (2°=Bs. Cl), 3 Bsn (2°=C’bsn), 4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 3 Tbn, Tuba, Hp, Timp, 1 Perc, and Strings.