Brahms' Symphony No. 2

Following a much-applauded stint at Gulbenkian Música in 2025, Polish conductor Paweł Kapuła applies his contagious energy and interpretative intelligence to conducting Brahms' Symphony No. 2. After taking some 14 years to complete his first symphony, he whom Schumann declared to be Beethoven's musical successor produced, in just one year, his second symphonic venture, inspired by a summer holiday by Lake Wörthersee in Austrian Carinthia. It was that idyllic landscape that may have led to the luminous and melodious tone of the work. Photograph © Kamil Szkopik