I love Brahms. There are no two ways about it – I unapologetically adore listening to and performing the music of Brahms. I love practicing Brahms – because to be able to bring off a good performance of Brahms, one must be aware of the fact that Brahms is as much about what he doesn’t write as what he does write. Interpreting Brahms’ music is a high-wire act of managing expressions of the deepest emotion that coincide with being held at arm’s length. Brahms, is, in a word, human.