Johannes Brahms Archive

The first movement of the Double Concerto is among the most formally fascinating Brahms composed. It adheres loosely to the strictures of sonata form, but whenever themes reappear, Brahms varies them somehow, even in the …

Johnannes Brahms composed this sonata in the year 1894. During this period in his life he had perfected and reached a high level of maturity in his compositional approach to structure and emotional content. He …

When I listen or think of Johannes Brahms, the following thoughts enter my mind: Austria; Bad Gastein (Resort area where the composer spent summers); Ah… Clara Schumann whom Brahms loved. The symphonies #2 and 4; …

Composed in 1888, the Brahms Third Violin Sonata, Op. 108 in D minor, is the most serious of his three sonatas. In the first movement there are several concentrated motifs, so mysterious in their first …

Johannes Brahms was a man quite in awe of the legacy of Beethoven. He was a composer who initially thought himself unworthy to carry on in the footsteps of the giant even though that was …