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Brahms' Second Symphony

KWIT | By Mark Munger

Published June 8, 2015 at 4:40 PM CDT

Brahms wrote his Second Symphony in the seaside town of Portschach, looking out of his quarters, too small for a piano, at the vastness. Reflecting upon that time, he speaks of a happiness that is serene. Yet the work contains darkness as well as lightness. It's a work of honest and accepting understanding. The Philidelphia Orchestra performs under the baton of RiccardoMuti.

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Mark Munger

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.

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