Brahms and heartbreak: The story of his lullabies
Brahms is famous for writing lullabies in his later style. Such examples include the very famous cradle song (op.49 no.5) or his op.117 Intermezzi ("Lulluabies for my sorrows") as Brahms would write. What caused these lullabies to be composed and what are their importance? Tune in to find out!
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I am watching this right now, and I am enjoying it! What you said about Beethoven and Brahms having similar relationship issues can also apply to Charles Dickens. They fall in love, retreat (or the woman dies), and then they idealize the woman. Avoidance of the everyday give and take that occurs in relationships, they could keep the woman in a lofty place. Some say relationships "breathe": at times there is "inhaling" and couples are close, and then there is the "exhale" where there are more spaces between the two. Very fascinating!
Oh, it is bittersweet the way Brahms wrote Agathe's name in the sextet...so charming...
And, yes, I hear the lullaby-esque quality in the other pieces you are highlighting.
Repetitious nature of a lullaby makes sense.
What a genius Brahms is!
I love that waltz - number 15. It is absolutely entrancing!
Silence can be more of "an exclamation point" in a waltz, lullaby, when you're singing to a child. True! The child can pop awake because of the silence being so markedly different. Hahaha
What a shocking wedding gift Brahms gave Julie Schumann!
That was very interesting to hear the cradle song lullaby in his "Symphonie nr. 2:".
"Sonate Nr. 1" - another gorgeous piece!
"Sonate Nr. 2" - second movement...lovely, too...yes, rocking motion is felt strongly.
117 - So utterly beautiful! Middle section is dark and forlorn. Then back to light!
Truly magical, indeed!
Thank you!
