An Evening with Clara, Marie, Amanda, and Johannes | Violin & Piano

This program celebrates the close-knit friendships and musical partnerships among Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Amanda Maier (1853-1894), and Marie Soldat (1863-1955). Brahms performed his own Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor with both Marie Soldat and Amanda Maier, and made numerous revisions to the score based on Maier’s advice. Clara Schumann was a close musical collaborator and lifelong friend of Brahms. The violin on which Pine performs, the “ex-Bazzini ex-Soldat” 1742 Guarneri del Gesu, was chosen by Brahms for Soldat, his protégé and one of the greatest violinists of her day. Beyond her instrument, this music is very close to Pine’s heart because her teacher in Berlin, Werner Scholz, was a student of a student of Joseph Joachim, Brahms’s best friend and collaborator and the teacher of Soldat.

Read a recent review of this program from The Strad.

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Amanda Maier: Violin Sonata in B minor
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Clara Schumann: The Three Romances, Op. 22
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108