Johannes Brahms began sketching his Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 in the summer of 1878 while vacationing in Carinthia, completing it the following year. Also called the “Rain Sonata” for its use of motifs from a song he had written earlier (“Regenlied”), the work was the first of three violin sonatas composed late in his career. This 2020 Rose Studio performance features violinist Arnaud Sussmann and pianist Orion Weiss. Hear the sonata live on The Age of Romance, Tuesday, February 24,