I met Johannes again at the Dusseldorf.

Tonhalle.

It's funny that the master symphonist Brahms ended up writing for his last symphonic work, not a symphony, but a concerto for two instruments.

Yeah, well, it started out as a cello concerto and crocodile tears flow every morning on cellists pillows because we don't have a cello concerto.

But he added the violin to make it into a double concerto.

And for good reason, because he had a falling out with his longtime buddy, Joseph Joachim.

Brahms, in an argument, sided with his ex-wife.

With Joachim's ex-wife.

And so Joachim did not like that one bit.

Of course, they were buddies from their twenties.

Right.

So Brahms could not just let that slide, but he needed to rekindle together with Joachim.

And in typical Brahms fashion, I don't think he wanted to instigate a conversation, but he wanted a musical peace offering.

So he offered this double concerto as sort of a conversation between Brahms, which is represented by the cello, and Joachim, obviously represented by the violin.

I mean, that's that's typical.

That's beautiful, though.

Should we just have a listen to it?

Lets play it.

- Yeah.

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