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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
- Allegro
- Andante con moto
- Scherzo - Presto
- Finale: Allegro giocoso
Brahms, one of the most admired German composers learned the piano from the age of six and kept a deep love for this instrument throughout his life. Whether he "lost his heart in Heidelberg", as a famous German song says, is not quite clear, but in any case he loved to come and spend the summer here. The idea for the Piano Trio was almost certainly not developed in Heidelberg but in Bad Ischl, a second favourite among his summer residences.
The first movement follows the form of a sonata: The first main theme is introduced by the strings, followed by a contrasting vocal idea, attractive motives are adding up to a movement of striking vehemence. After the dramatic ouverture the Andante varies an Hungarian-like theme. The Scherzo in c-minor is filled by nightmarish motions, as if to remind of ETA Hoffmann. For a short moment a singing tune takes over, but then the shadows win anew. The Finale is simply great music, but it wouldn't be Brahms if the whole emotional bandwidth typical for this composer were not woven into this masterpiece.
THE ARTISTS:
Almut Steinhausen, Violin
studied with Ulrich Koch and Vladimir Mendelssohn in Freiburg, The Hague and Essen. She was a member of the "Junge Deutsche Philharmonie" and of the European Community Youth Orchestra. As a freelancing musician she worked in several chamber music orchestras (e.g. Ensemble Oriol, Esbjerg Ensemble, Ensemble modern and Salzburger Solisten).
She is assistant professor at the Musikakademie Kassel.
Michael Veit, Violoncello
is 1st solo cellist at the Staatstheater Darmstadt since 1986. His education as a cellist started at the Richard Strauss Konservatorium in his home town Munich. After having studied with André Navarra in Detmold and in Siena he graduated as a concert cellist with Johannes Goritzki in Düsseldorf. He was influenced by cellists so different like Daniel Schafran and Janos Starker, with whom he had a scholarship at the Banff Centre in Canada. In 1992 he was the winner of the Jean-Frederic-Perrenoud prize at the International Competition in Vienna.
Wiltrud Steinhausen, Piano
was student of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hanover. In 1995 she passed her exam as a solo pianist at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, in the class of Georg Sava. She was accompanist in the Liedinterpretationsklasse of Aribert Reimann and participated in the master courses of György Sebok at the Hochschule der Künste. 1994 she was a finalist at the international piano competition Château de Courcillon in France. Wiltrud Steinhausen teaches at the Jugendmusikschule Leonberg.