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Brahms - Violin & Double Concerto - Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Szell - 24-44.1



The history of Johannes Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Opus 102 is one of bringing people together through music. Brahms wrote his Double Concerto (its colloquial name) in part to reconcile himself and Joseph Joachim, a superstar violinist who had been one of Brahms’s closest friends since they first met in 1853. The two became estranged in 1883, when Brahms sided with Joseph’s wife, Amalie, during bitter divorce proceedings initiated when Joachim became convinced that she was having an affair with the famous music publisher Fritz Simrock. Although Joachim remained an avid performer of Brahms’s music, his silence weighed heavily upon Brahms. With the Double Concerto, Brahms hoped he had found a way to bridge the gap between himself and Joachim. Ultimately, Brahms and Joachim became friends again; their shared experience of preparing the concerto helped them regain their voices.





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