IN THE GOOD OLE SUMMER TIME!
George Howard~When Summer Comes
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Posted on 06/22/2012 5:59:49 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.
Did you have a safe commute? Minimal traffic? *HUGS*
Jo’s relationship with Clara Schumann had experienced its high and low points, and it was entering another low point. Jo now formed another relationship with a musical confidante. Lisl understood exactly how to handle Jo Brahms. Her combination of affection and mock gruffness tickled him, and most importantly, she knew how to make him laugh. Lisl began sanding the rough edges off Jo’s personality. Under her capable hands, Jo started turning into a fat pussycat. Even when he roared like a lion at a party, Lisl could tearfully make him repent.
British composer Ethel Smyth also lived in the household, and as a fine memoirist, she documented the changes in Brahms. Ethel was a lesbian and had a thing for Lisl, which fortunately Lisl did not perceive.
From this period came a goodly number of songs.
Brahms spent his summer at Lake Worth, pronounced “vort” in German, and he would spend the next three summers there. He took his daily swim, and then he worked on another symphony. By the fall, he was ready to rehearse in Vienna.
The introduction begins in the sunny key of D Major, and at 1:57 there is absolute magic. This passage sounds like it’s going to be a first subject, but it’s not. In fact, it never shows up again, but it’s “Clara” spelled out in musical notation. Kleiber caresses this passage, and I had to reach for my handkerchief. The real first subject comes at 2:20 and is succeeded by a second subject in A Major at 3:00. It sounds a bit like his lullaby. At 5:42, Kleiber skips the repeat and goes directly to the development. At 6:45 the dissonance on the trombones is searing. At 8:45 the recapitulations begins, re-composed as Brahms always likes. At 12:46, Brahms leads into a gentle coda.
At one of those discussions in Seattle, there was general agreement that this slow movement was one of the greatest in Brahms’ output. It’s in B Major and is one of his longest slow movements. Just let it flow.
The third movement is a short, sweet intermezzo in G Major in the traditional ternary format. It starts with the oboe in 3/4 and one of Brahms’ most beguiling tunes. The middle section goes into duple time before returning to three. At 27:55 he switches to 3/8 before returning to a more moderate 3/4 at 28:38.
The finale shows Brahms at his most relaxed, yet exuberant. Let Brahms take you for a wild, wonderful ride.
Actually I believe Brahms will lull me to a wonderful sleep this evening & thank you so very much for all your work Prof....you rock!
(blush blush)
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It was around Christmas 1877 that Brahms finally met Antonin Dvorak. Brahms had chaired a committee that subsidized Dvorak handsomely for his early compositions, and now Brahms made sure that Fritz Simrock, his publisher, knew about him. It was not the first time Brahms had helped a colleague, but it became the best known time. From this introduction, Simrock commissioned Dvorak to write a series of Slavonic Dances in the tradition of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances. They were to make Dvorak rich.
The premiere of the Second Symphony at the end of 1877 was a huge hit in Vienna, and Brahms took it on the road in early 1878 to great success. Ethel Smyth noted that Leipzig wasn’t impressed, as usual.
Returning to Lake Worth for his summer stay, Brahms went to work on a violin concerto for his old friend Joseph Joachim. The virtuoso would occasionally drop in at the summer cottage to work on bowing and try out ideas. Brahms went so far as to ask Joachim to write the cadenza in the first movement, so it was a collaboration of professionals. The goal was to have it ready for New Years Day 1879 in Leipzig.
Along the way, Brahms turned out some more songs and his first set of short piano pieces, a collection of little gems.
Brahms: Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76/2
Intermezzo in A-flat Major, Op. 76/3
Intermezzo in B-flat Major, Op. 76/4
Capriccio in C# minor, Op. 76/5
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| Laura Nyro for those who can't access the juke boxes. |
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And the race is on!
And the race is on!
And the race is on!
And the race is on!
And the race is on!
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