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Early in 1891, Johannes Brahms heard the clarinetist Richard Mülhfeld perform chamber works by Mozart and Weber. Brahms was so impressed that they became fast friends. Listening to Mülhfeld play, Brahms became so enthusiastic about …

The Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler was written during the summers of 1895 and 1896 in his small composition hut on the lake Attersee near Steinbach in Upper Austria. As the first movement took shape, …

This short concerto by J. S. Bach is believed to be a transcription of a lost original concerto in G minor for violin or oboe. The extraordinarily beautiful second movement appears as the introductory sinfonia …

Always self-critical, Johannes Brahms worked on the Second Piano Concerto for three years. He wrote to his friend Clara Schumann: “I want to tell you that I have written a very small piano concerto with …

Mozart’s Serenade in B-flat Major, better known by its subtitle Gran Partita, offers a glorious explosion of Classical-era Harmoniemusik for small wind ensembles, which buoyed up many 18th-century garden get-togethers and outdoor parties. Austrian nobles …