Anne Harvey-Nagl, Vienna (violin) Exclusive to WWAF from Vienna
& John O’Donnell (piano)
Brahms’ three sonatas for piano and violin, all composed during his mature years, are among his greatest creations. The first, opus 78 in G major, is a three-movement work written in the summers of 1878 and 1879. The second, opus 100 in A major, was composed in Switzerland during the summer of 1886. It is also in three movements, but the middle movement consists of six sections, alternating between slow movement and scherzo. The third, opus 108 in D minor, is a four-movement work written over the period 1886 to 1888.
Anne Harvey-Nagl and John O’Donnell have recently recorded all three sonatas for CD.
Anne Harvey-Nagl is Concertmaster of the Volksoper Vienna (Austria). Before her appointment to Concertmaster in 2011, Anne was Principal 1st Violin in the Volksoper for 12 years. Anne is also Concertmaster of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra, Beethoven Philharmonie Baden, Ensemble Kontrapunkte, Guest Concertmaster of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra and a frequent soloist and Concertmaster of the Vienna Mozart Orchestra.
John O’Donnell — Monash University Organist, Founder/Director of Ensemble Gombert, and Director of Music at All Saints’, East St Kilda — performs regularly as conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and pianist, and is also active in music research and editing. His performing career has included twenty-one tours of Europe and twelve tours of North America.