Brahms – Music Like a Tower of Building Blocks

Can music be built the same way you build a tower from blocks? Johannes Brahms proves that it can.

He began with small musical "building blocks" – short melodies and simple motifs – and gradually combined them into larger and larger structures. That's how his symphonies grew: step by step, just like an impressive building rising before our eyes.

Does that make his music calm and orderly? Not entirely. Beneath its carefully planned design lies constant movement, excitement, and energy – rather like an imaginative game where every piece has to fit perfectly.