Janine Jansen Archive

Franz Schubert’s two piano trios were composed late in his short life, probably in late 1827 and the summer of 1828, the year of his death. They are huge works, worthy of Robert Schumann’s comment …

Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto in March 1878 while staying amid the breathtaking mountains of Clarens, Switzerland on Lake Geneva. The work was spurred by a visit from the violinist Iosif Kotek, who had been …

The Sibelius Violin Concerto begins with a quiet, foggy soundscape of muted tremolo strings, over which the mysterious melody of the solo violin emerges, expressivity outlining the first themes of the movement. Sibelius conceived this …

For me and for every young violinist the sound of Schubert’s sonatinas for violin and piano is very familiar. The title “sonatinas” is sometimes used, and it is derived from the posthumous score of 1836; …

Johannes Brahms composed his Violin Concerto for his friend and renowned violinist, Joseph Joachim. Many critics at the time claimed the music Brahms had written was too difficult as it included rapid broken chords, scales …