The Sonata in A-Major was written for Brahms’ friend, Joseph Joachim, for whom he had recently completed his Violin Concerto, and it shares that monumental work’s lyrical style, its concern to make the violin sing above all else.
The same mood pervades the Sonata, in A major, Op 100, which emerged in the late 1800’s.
I grew up with this music, and I love it to this day. My father played it when I was a kid, and later, when I studied violin, I played it as well.
Here are Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis in a performance of this lyrical work.
