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Masterclass: Brahms Scherzo for violin and piano

2023-10-18T08:31:00

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In this single-movement sonata, Johannes Fleischmann explores the expressive and mature writing of a young composer who had already been hailed as the future of music

The genesis of this work is a well-known story. In Düsseldorf in 1853, Robert Schumann enlisted the help of two up-and-coming composers, Albert Dietrich and Johannes Brahms, to write a sonata for his friend, the great violinist Joseph Joachim. It was to be presented to him after a concert on his return to the city as a surprise gift. All four movements (by the three composers) are linked using the initials of Joachim’s motto, ‘Frei Aber Einsam’, as a musical motif, and on the first play-through it was up to Joachim to discern who had written which movement…

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