<p>Ep 42(b) - It is early 1865. Brahms's mother has just passed away. Filled with emotion he grudgingly moves from winter to spring, entering a long period of deep and private mourning during which he would retreat into himself for a time in order to gather his thoughts and energies, and orient them toward a grand act of artistic creation in which he would immortalize his beloved mother and through which his artist soul would be elevated and ennobled and made pure. </p> <p>-----------------</p> <p>Subscribe on iTunes and give us a 5-star review! Share with your friends!</p> <p>download our app!</p> <p>Visit and like our Facebook page!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/?ref=bookmarks">https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/?ref=bookmarks</a></p> <p>Works heard in this episode (all by Brahms):</p> <p>Horn Trio in E-flat mvt. 3 - Adagio Mesto</p> <p>mvt. 1 - Andante</p> <p>mvt. 2 - Scherzo (Allegro)</p> <p>mvt. 4 - Allegro con brio</p> <p>German Requiem pt. 1 "Blessed are they that Mourn" (In English translation!)</p>