Amanda Maier (1853-1894) takes centre stage today. Ze was born in Sweden, studied in Germany and then moved to The Netherlands. She was a violinist and composer, who won awards and toured through Europe – yet, she is not as well-known as her friends and family: Grieg, Clara Schumann, Smyth and Brahms, and her husband Julius Röntgen.
This episode, we visit the world of Amanda Maier: we listen to her music and the music surrounding her, through seven works of Amanda Maier (1853-1894), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) and Julius Röntgen (1855-1932).
Playlist
1. Amanda Maier: Piece for viool and piano no. 4 “Allegro molto”
– Johan Dalene, violin and Peter Friis Johansson, piano
2. Amanda Maier: Trio for piano, violin and cello in E-flat major
- Allegro
- Scherzo – un poco meno mosso
- Andante
- Allegro con fuoco
– Judith Stapf, violin, Arnau Rovira Bascompte, cello and Marco Sanna, piano
3. Amanda Maier: Sonata for violin and piano in B minor
- Allegro
- Andantino
- Allegro molto vivace
– Katharina Wimmer, violin and Ingrid Wendel, piano
4. Edvard Grieg: Lyric pieces, op. 43, no. 1-6; Little Bird
– Konya Kanneh-Mason, piano
5. Clara Schumann: Romance for viool and piano, op. 22, no. 1 in D-flat major
– Viktoria Mullova, violin and Katia Labèque, piano
6. Ethel Smyth: Canon for piano no. 1-2 part II
– Liana Serbescu, piano
7. Julius Röntgen – Schwedische Weisen und Tanze
– Christoph Schickedanz, violin and Ernst Breidenbach, piano
