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4th Chamber Concert / Kerry Turner: Sonata for Horn and Strings / Johannes Brahms: Two songs for alto voice, viola and piano op. 91
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Born in Texas in 1960, Kerry Drew Turner started composing at the age of ten. After successfully completing the exam in music theory subjects of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, he submitted a wind quintet that won a first prize at the age of 12. When he finished high school, he had already composed two symphonies, one mass, seven symphonic tone poems and one string quartet. His sonata for horn and piano is now part of the worldwide standard repertoire for horn.
Inspired by friendship and love, Johannes Brahms composes the »Two Songs«: the friendship with his long-time companion, the violinist Joseph Joachim. Brahms wanted to create a musical memorial to their bond - he wrote the »Geistliche Wiegenlied« for his wedding, based on a text by Emanuel Geibel. However, he later withdrew the composition and revised it. Together with »Gestillte Sehnsucht« on a text by Friedrich Rückert, Brahms then publishes both songs on the occasion of another joyful moment: the christening of his godchild, Joseph Joachim's son. The irrepressible joy of life that comes from love is evident in both compositions.