Unheard Brahms work

[Megan]

BBC Radio 3 to premiere unheard Brahms work
Johannes Brahms was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period A recently discovered piano work by the composer Johannes Brahms is to be given its world premiere by Radio 3, more than 160 years after it was written.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16542190

[Chris]

Ah, very good. I look forward to hearing it.

[Roehre]

Many of Brahms' works are known to be based on much older sketches or eventually destroyed allready completed works (e.g. Symphony in d > double piano sonata in d> piano concerto 1; piano concerto 1's discarded scherzo > Deutsches Requiem; sonata for 2 pianos > string quintet > piano quintet op.34; Missa canonica > motets opus 74; symphony 5 > string quintet op.111).

Here we got a glimpse of a middle section of the 1st mvt of the horn trio opus 40 (1865), completed more than a decade after the now recently dicovered Albumblatt was composed (1853).

Lovely little piece it is, perfect for an encore.