Violinist Natalia Lomeiko performs on a fine Antonio Stradivari violin, generously loaned by the Beare's International Violin Society.
Composition History
The Adagio third movement of Brahms's Trio in E flat, Op. 40, quotes a folk song taught to him by his mother and may have been a requiem for her, as she died earlier that year.
Composition History
Schubert's Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 148, D. 897, was a single movement for piano trio that was likely intended for his Piano Trio No. 1, D. 898, but was published as a standalone piece.
Instruments
Brahms's Trio in E flat, Op. 40, was originally conceived for the Waldhorn, an open, valveless forest or hunting horn, which Brahms himself played.
Composition History
Max Bruch's Eight Pieces, Op. 83, were composed when he was 70 years old for the combination of viola, clarinet, and piano.
Compositional Technique
Brahms's Trio in E flat, Op. 40, is unusual in his output because its opening movement is a rondo, whereas most of his major works begin with a sonata form.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Max Bruch, a contemporary of Brahms, believed that the violin 'can sing a melody better than a piano, and melody is the soul of music'.
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