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Johann Heinrich Bonawitz: Meine Reise mit Joachim

25 Monday May 2026

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Bonawitz, Johann Heinrich. “Meine Reise mit Joachim. I.” Wiener Signale. Wochenschrift für Theater und Musik 3, no. 12 (March 20, 1880): 92–93; part II: Bonawitz, Johann Heinrich. “Meine Reise mit Joachim. II.” Wiener Signale. Wochenschrift für Theater und Musik 3, no. 13 (March 27, 1880): 98–100.

See also: Joachim in Italy (1880) ; Joachim in Venice ; Joachim at the Società del Quartetto (Milan, 1880) ; Concerts: Vienna, January, 1880



Johann Heinrich Bonawitz (1839 – 1917)

Johann Heinrich Bonawitz’s “Meine Reise mit Joachim” offers an unusually vivid, insider’s view of Joseph Joachim at the height of his European fame, seen not from the perspective of an admiring critic or distant biographer, but through the eyes of a trusted colleague at the keyboard and on the road. Born in Dürkheim am Rhein in 1839, Bonawitz trained as a pianist and composer at the Liège Conservatory, emigrated to the United States as a teenager, and fashioned a career that oscillated between the Old and New Worlds: as a struggling immigrant musician in 1850s Philadelphia, as a concert entrepreneur and opera composer in post–Civil War America, and later as an established figure in Vienna, and in London, where he founded a Mozart Society and contributed to the city’s chamber-music life. His long professional life brought him into contact with many of the century’s most powerful musical personalities — Liszt, Brahms, and especially Joachim. “Meine Reise mit Joachim,” first published in two installments in the Wiener Signale in March 1880, distills that experience into a richly detailed narrative of a winter tour that led the two musicians from Berlin through Innsbruck and the major Italian centers to Graz, Vienna, Budapest, and into the Hungarian provinces. What emerges is a portrait of Joachim that complements and sometimes gently corrects the familiar image of the severe “priest of art”: Bonawitz shows him in railway compartments and hotel parlors, joking in every imaginable dialect, relishing practical jokes and absurd provincial mishaps, yet everywhere upholding the highest ideals of repertoire and style while tirelessly championing Bach and Brahms before new publics in Milan, Venice, and beyond. At the same time, the article is a self-portrait of Bonawitz as Joachim’s partner and foil — an adaptable touring pianist who shares Joachim’s commitment to “serious” German instrumental music, but who also records with wry humor the logistical improvisations, social pressures, and inadvertent comic episodes that defined life on the road for late nineteenth-century virtuosi. Read today, “Meine Reise mit Joachim” is not only a primary document for Joachim’s concert activity and reception in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Galicia around 1880, but also a finely textured contribution to the broader history of German musical cosmopolitanism, written by an émigré musician whose own career bridged conservatory culture, the American musical marketplace, and the London chamber-music scene.1

Johann Heinrich Bonawitz: Meine Reise mit Joachim
[English translation below]

I.

Am Abend des 2. Jänner fanden sich am Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin eine große Anzahl Schüler der dortigen Hochschule ein, um von ihrem verehrten Meister Josef Joachim, der eine mehrwöchentliche Kunstreise nach Italien, Oesterreich-Ungarn, Galizien und Böhmen antrat, Abschied zu nehmen. Nachdem Joachim die diversen Blumenspenden entgegengenommen und noch einige freundliche Worte an seine getreuen Schüler gerichtet, gab die Glocke das Zeichen zum Einsteigen und einige Augenblicke später führte uns das Dampfroß gegen Innsbruck zu, wo am 4. das erste Concert stattfand. Kaum hatten wir einige Stationen zurückgelegt, so bemerkte ich, daß der sonst so ernste Mann sehr heiter und humoristisch sein kann. Alle Dialecte, vom sächsischen angefangen bis auf den deutsch-ungarischen, sprach er mit einer Vollkommenheit, die mich in Erstaunen und Heiterkeit versetzte.

Das Reisen scheint für Joachim eine förmliche Erholung zu sein. Die fast übermenschlichen Anstrengungen, welche ihm seine Stellung als Director der Hochschule, verbunden mit den fortwährenden Proben und Productionen seines Quartetts und Orchesters auferlegen, lassen ihn zu keiner rechten Sammlung gelangen, und so lernt man den großen Künstler in seiner vollen Lebenswürdigkeit eigentlich erst unterwegs, auf Reisen kennen.

Bei unserer Ankunft in Innsbruck, am 3. Jänner 11 Uhr Abends, fanden wir die für uns bestimmten Zimmer im Hotel zur „goldenen Sonne“ sehr comfortabel und geheizt. Dank der Fürsorge unseres Agenten in Wien durften wir uns während der ganzen Tournée weder um Hotels, noch um Abgang oder Ankunft der Bahnzüge bekümmern. Alles war von Wien aus besorgt. Wir brauchten bloß den von demselben ausgearbeiteten Reiseplan zu consultiren.

Ueber das im Innsbrucker Theater stattgehabte Concert wüßte ich weiter nichts zu erwähnen, als daß Joachim’s Auftreten die gewohnte Begeisterung hervorrief. Neu jedoch war eine uns bisher unbekannte Vorsichtsmaßregel der umsichtigen Direction, welche auf das eingestrichene „a“ des Concertflügels einen blauen Streifen Papier hatte kleben lassen, um dem im Clavierspielen nicht besonders gewandten Theaterdiener das „A-Angeben“ zum Stimmen der Violine zu erleichtern. Praktisch!

Am 5., Nachmittags 1 Uhr, traten wir die Reise nach Mailand an, wo wir am andern Morgen, 7 Uhr, halb erstarrt von Kälte ankamen. Die Eisenbahnwagen waren nicht geheizt und hofften wir bei der Ankunft im Hotel wenigstens warme Zimmer zu finden. Doch vergebens! Der Italiener ist nicht auf den Winter eingerichtet, unsere deutschen Oefen kennt er nicht und bei dem luftigsten Kaminfeuer kann der abgehärtete Nordländer erfrieren. Daher auch der schlaue Sohn des Südens selten zu Hause bleibt, wenn die Kälte anfängt ihm unbequem zu werden. Er steckt heiße Kastanien in die Taschen, um sich die Hände zu erwärmen, und geht auf der Gasse spazieren, der Sapormenter!

In Mailand wirkt seit etwa 20 Jahren ein Musikverein „Società del Quartetto“, an dessen Spitze der um die dortigen Musikverhältnisse hochverdiente holländische Consul Emil Struth steht. Diese Gesellschaft von Kunstfreunden läßt alljährlich Einladungen an ein oder mehrere Kunstgrößen ergehen, die (mit Ausschluß des übrigen Publikums) in den von ihr veranstalteten Concerten mitwirken. Dieses Jahr war Joachim der Auserwählte und ich denke, die Mailänder Kunstfreunde dürfen sich dazu gratuliren, denn mit dem ersten Bogentrich eroberte Meister Joachim sein Publikum und besiegte das Vorurtheil, daß deutsche Musiker wohl gründliche, aber trockene, langweilige Gesellen, ohne jedes wärmere Empfinden seien. Die „Gesangscene“ von Spohr war die erste Nummer, welche Joachim den Mailändern zum Besten gab. Kaum hatte der Edelste der Violinvirtuosen die ersten Tacte des Recitativs gespielt, als ein Beifallssturm losbrach, der sich im Verlaufe des Stückes wohl noch unzähligemale wiederholte und steigerte, wie ich ihn noch nie und nirgends erlebt.

Nach dem ersten Concerte war ganz Mailand in ein „Joachimfieber“ versetzt. Man unterhielt sich von nichts mehr als von ihm. Visitenkarten, Gratulationsschreiben, Sonetten, Einladungen und unvermeidliche Stammbücher regnete es förmlich. Den einzig freien Abend in Mailand widmete Joachim unserem Freunde Emil Struth. Im Kreise seiner liebenswürdigen Familie und einer Anzahl Gäste, worunter auch Bazzini und Boito, verlebten wir herrliche Stunden. Joachim spielte zum Entzücken Aller Bach’sche Suiten und Sonaten und schließlich vereinigte sich noch der liebenswürdige alte Maestro Bazzini mit Joachim und mir, um das Trio in Es-dur von Mozart zu Gehör zu bringen.

Unter den großen, Joachim erwiesenen Ehren hebe ich noch besonders eine Aufführung der 2. Symphonie von seinem Lieblingscomponisten Johannes Brahms durch das Orchester der „populairen Concerte“ (welche Sonntag Nachmittags stattfinden) unter Andreoli hervor. Die Compositionen dieses Meisters haben auch hier rasch die Gunst der Musiker und der Musikfreunde gefunden. Von den drei in Mailand stattgehabten Concerten waren die zwei ersten dem Solospiele und das letzte der Kammermusik gewidmet. Joachim spielte Compositionen von Bach, Tartini, Leclair, Spohr, Mendelssohn, Schumann und Max Bruch und ich war so frei den Italienern Mozart, Chopin und Schumann ohne Extraspesen vorzusetzen. Im Kammermusik-Concerte spielte Joachim mit den Herren De Angelis, Cernichiaro und Mattioli die Quartette in C-dur Op. 59 von Beethoven und G-dur von Haydn und mit mir Schumann’s A-moll-Sonate.

Die Mailänder Zeitungen überboten sich förmlich in ihrem Enthusiasmus für Joachim und auch ich kam nicht schlecht weg dabei. — „Hier ischt etwas sehr Gutes über Sie“, mit diesen Worten kam mir unser schweizerischer Hotelportier, die „Perseveranza“ in der Hand, entgegen. „Verstehet Sie italienisch?“ — „Kein Wort!“ — „Nu so will ich’s Ihne übersetze“. „Es steht hier“, fuhr er fort, „daß die Herre „Kopin“ und Schumann in der letztezte Zeit hier ware, daß aber keiner“ — „So geschwitzt hat“ unterbrach ich ihn — „Nein, keiner so gut „gegeigt“ hat wie Herr Bonawitz.“

Ich war natürlich von der Mittheilung, daß die vor 25—30 Jahren verstorbenen Herre „Kopin“ und Schumann in der letztezte Zeit gegeigt hatten, so ergriffen, daß ich augenblicklich beschloß, dem gefälligen Manne ein gutes Trinkgeld zu geben, was auch ganz gewiß geschehen wäre, wenn ich zufällig 5 oder 10 Centimes kleines Geld in der Tasche gehabt hätte.

Nach Mailand war Venedig die bedeutendste italienische Stadt, die wir berührten. Wir „wasserten“ daselbst gegen 8 Uhr Abends und wurden von Frontali (einem ehemaligen Schüler Joachim’s) und Consul Baron Texeiria de Mattos, dem liebenswürdigen Besitzer des Palastes der Desdemona, empfangen und in der Gondel des Letzteren nach dem „Grand Hotel“ gebracht.

Gleich beim Eintritt ins Hotel begegnete uns der Pianist Leopold von Meyer, der mit seiner jungen Frau und einem Hündchen nach Venedig gekommen war, um seine Gesundheit zu pflegen. „Erinnern Sie sich noch, wie ich Sie als ganz jungen Menschen in London kennen lernte?“ sagte er zu Joachim, „Sie waren damals schon ganz classisch und ich nur halb, deshalb verkehrten wir auch nicht viel miteinander.“ „Während Sie eigentlich jetzt erst recht anfangen, muß ich bald ins Gras beißen“, sagte er schmerzlich. — Wir waren sehr gerührt und wurden erst wieder heiter als uns Meyer’s bekannte Rechtfertigung einfiel. „Warum spielen Sie nichts von Beethoven?“ soll ihn irgend Jemand gefragt haben, worauf er erwiederte: „Hätte Beethoven was von mir gespielt!“

Nachdem wir uns umgekleidet und etwas genossen hatten, gingen wir ins Theater „Fenice“, wo sich die „Favoritin“ bereits im 2. Acte befand. Das Haus ist wunderschön und das Orchester vorzüglich. Das Solopersonal dagegen war durchwegs unzulänglich, der Chor desgleichen. Ich hatte so was selbst in L. nicht erlebt. In Deutschland verlasse ich gewöhnlich nach dem 3. Acte das Theater, aber in Venedig gingen wir Alle nach dem 2., um den St. Marcus-Platz bei Nacht und ohne Mondenschein zu sehen. — Das am darauffolgenden Tag stattgehabte Concert wurde mit demselben Beethoven’schen Quartett eröffnet, welches Joachim in Mailand gespielt hatte. Erstaunt waren wir über die ausgezeichneten Instrumentalkräfte in Italien. Die Gesangskunst scheint dagegen noch größere Rückschritte zu machen als bei uns, was bei dem ungleich begabteren Volke nur schwer zu begreifen und zu entschuldigen ist. Das vor wenigen Jahren gegründete „Liceo Benedetto Marcello“ erfreut sich eines tüchtigen Lehrkörpers und strebsamer Eleven, die den Joachim’schen „Bach-Vorträgen“ mit begeisterter Aufmerksamkeit lauschten. Joachim erzielte überhaupt mit den Vorführungen der Werke unseres Altmeisters die allergrößten Erfolge in Italien, was uns zugleich überraschte und hocherfreute.

Venedig ist, wie Mailand, auf dem besten Wege, eine Heimstätte deutscher Kunst zu werden. In der „Fenice“ wurde gerade „Lohengrin“ vorbereitet und das „Liceo Benedetto Marcello“ thut das Uebrige, um unsere deutsche Instrumental-Musik einzubürgern.

Die venetianischen Blätter waren ebenfalls sehr liebenswürdig, bis auf eines, welches fand, daß Joachim zu viel deutsche (das heißt zu wenig melodische) Musik spiele, und man meinem Spiele zu sehr die deutsche Genauigkeit und Gründlichkeit anmerke. Wer hat nun recht, der Leipziger Kunstgelehrte, der mir „Nonchalence“ und „Salonausdrücke“ vorwarf, oder der Venetianer? — Dem einen bin ich zu solide, dem Anderen zu liederlich!

Erkläre mir, Graf Oerindur!

J. H. Bonawiz.

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Musik.

Meine Reise mit Joachim.

II.

Von Venedig reisten wir direkt nach Graz, wo wir am 16. Jänner kurz vor Mittag eintrafen. Da das Concert schon um 4 Uhr Nachmittags anfing und wir einige Stunden später wieder weiter, nach Wien, reisten, blieb uns, Dank der vielen Besuche, die Joachim empfing, auch kein Moment zur Erholung übrig.

Erstes Bild. In das mit Verehrern gefüllte Zimmer tritt eine schwarz verschleierte Dame. „Ich weiß nicht an welchen der anwesenden Herren ich mich wenden soll?“

„Wen wünschen Sie denn zu sprechen?“

„Herrn Professor Joachim.“

„Der bin ich.“

„Ach, das sieht man ja gleich!“

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Zweites Bild. Ein Vater tritt mit seinem „Wunderknaben“ herein. „Dürfte mein Sohn die Ehre haben, dem Herrn Director etwas vorzugeigen?“

Drittes Bild. Abermals ein Herr mit einer Violine unter dem Arm. „Würden Sie, Herr Professor, wohl die Freundlichkeit haben, sich meine neueste Verbesserung an der Violine anzusehen?“

Viertes Bild. Ein angehender Beethoven, mit einer 7 Pfund schweren Partitur, stellt sich Joachim vor und bittet um die Erlaubniß, ihm seine neueste Composition widmen zu dürfen. Natürlich hofft er, daß Joachim sie bald öffentlich spielen werde.

Fünftes Bild. Ein alter Herr, mit einer blauen Brille auf der rothen Nase, will wissen, wie Joachim von der Zukunftsmusik denkt.

Nun war mir’s aber denn doch zu toll. Ich ging zum Portier und band ihm auf die Seele, vor dem Concerte Niemanden mehr bei Joachim vorzulassen. Er that wie ich verlangte, schickte aber dafür die Leute zu mir. Als ich das endlich merkte, schloß ich die Thüre zu und ließ Alle nach Herzenslust klopfen. Einem besonders Zudringlichen jedoch mußte ich zuletzt öffnen, nachdem sich folgender Dialog durch die verschlossene Thüre entsponnen hatte: „Wer klopft denn gar so arg?“

„Ich möchte Herrn Joachim sprechen.“

„Herr Joachim ist nicht zu sprechen.“

„Ich muß aber Herrn Joachim sprechen, ich habe ihn seit 20 Jahren nicht gesehen.“

„Wenn Sie ihn so lange nicht gesehen und nicht gesprochen haben, dann können Sie wohl noch bis nach dem Concerte warten.“

„Sie denken doch nicht etwa, daß ich eine Karte geschenkt haben will?“

„Ich denke gar Nichts!“

„Nun, so machen Sie auf, ich werde Ihnen dann mein Concertbillet zeigen“

Während dieses Gespräches hatte ich meine Toilette beendigt und ließ den Zudringlichen herein.

„Warum wollen Sie mich nicht mit Joachim sprechen lassen?“

„Weil er noch mit seiner Toilette nicht fertig ist.“ Ist denn Ihre Angelegenheit gar so wichtig?

„Ja, ich will ihm einen Violinbogen verkaufen.“

Ich sah nun den Mann sehr ernst an und sagte: „Hüten Sie sich, Joachim vor dem Concerte zu belästigen, er wird sonst leicht grimmig wie ein Tiger (Gott verzeihe mir diese grobe Lüge!) und weiß dann nicht mehr was er thut.“

Das wirkte. Der Mann ging und ward nicht mehr gesehen. — Wenige Stunden nach dem Concerte, in welchem wir ein liebenswürdiges Publikum und ein recht tüchtiges Orchester kennen lernten, reisten wir nach Wien, wo Joachim allein in einem Gesellschafts-Concerte mitwirkte.

Bei dieser Gelegenheit hörte ich zum erstenmale Joachim’s neue Variationen mit Orchester, die mich ebenso sympathisch berührten wie alle seine übrigen mir bekannten Compositionen. Schade, daß Joachim so wenig schreibt! Die Leitung des Orchesters hatte Director Hellmesberger übernommen. Es war mir immer unbegreiflich, wie man in Wien, von verschiedenen Seiten, diesem Manne die Fähigkeiten ein Orchester zu leiten, absprechen konnte. Ich habe in meinem Leben vielleicht ein halbes Hundert verschiedene, größere und kleinere Orchester geleitet und glaube daher mit einiger Berechtigung sagen zu dürfen, daß Hellmesberger nicht bloß ein tüchtiger, sondern sogar ein ganz vorzüglicher Dirigent ist. Um die Joachim’schen Variationen so zu dirigiren, wie Hellmesberger mit einer Probe gethan, dazu gehört schon etwas mehr als bloße Routine.

Nachdem wir inzwischen in Linz concertirt hatten, fand am 21. das zweite Concert in Wien, im Bösendorfer’schen Saale statt. Joachim und ich eröffneten dasselbe mit Schumann’s A-moll-Sonate, dann folgten diverse Violinstücke von Spohr, Hiller, Paganini, sowie einige ungarische Tänze und den Schluß des Abends bildete Beethoven’s E-moll-Quartett Op. 59, vorzüglich executirt von den beiden Hellmesberger (Vater und Sohn), Herrn Hummer und dem Concertgeber. Der Andrang zu diesem Concerte war so außerordentlich, daß Hunderte abgewiesen werden mußten und Joachim dem allgemeinen Wunsche, ein 3. Concert zu veranstalten, seine Zustimmung ertheilte. Um dies zu ermöglichen, mußten jedoch zwei von den bereits in Galizien angekündigten Concerten rückgängig gemacht werden.

In Pest wurde Joachim durch die Verwechselung mit einem ungarischen Violinvirtuosen in die größte Heiterkeit versetzt. Es geschah dies im Restaurant des „Grand Hotel Hungaria“, wo eine Zigeunerbande spielte, welche, da sie erfahren, daß der „Geigerkönig“ anwesend, immer näher rückte, bis sie sich endlich unserem Tische gegenüber befand.

Joachim, der großen Gefallen an ihrem Spiele hatte, ließ nun für jeden der Zigeuner eine Flasche Wein und Cigarren bringen, worauf das Haupt derselben, mit dem gefüllten Glase in der Hand, sich Joachim ehrerbietigst näherte und „Eljen — Reményi!“ rief. Ich habe Joachim nie herzlicher lachen hören.

Im ersten Pester Concerte, (welchem ich nur als Zuhörer beiwohnte) spielte Joachim in seiner unnachahmlichen Weise das Beethoven’sche Concert, die „Gesangscene“ und seine neuen Variationen. Eine Schaar musikstudirender Knaben, von 10—15 Jahren erwartete ihn am Eingang des Redoutensaales, geleitete ihn schweigend hinauf, folgte ihm jeden Schritt, den er im Künstlerzimmer that, und lief wieder ebenso schweigend hinter ihm her, als er den Saal dann verließ.

Diese stillschweigende kindliche Ovation machte Joachim viel Vergnügen.

In Miskolcz passirte es uns, daß wir wegen eines Concertflügels in Verlegenheit geriethen. Das für dieses Concert von Wien abgesandte Clavier traf nicht rechtzeitig ein, und so blieb uns im letzten Moment nichts übrig, als mit einem Instrumente, auf welchem vielleicht vor fünfzig Jahren ein Sohn Arpads die Tonleitern gelernt, fürlieb zu nehmen. Es waren zwar nur zwei Hämmer (das große c und das kleine a) gebrochen, die anderen waren alle noch gesund, wenn auch ziemlich stark von Podagra gelähmt, aber angenehm darauf zu spielen war es doch nicht.

Joachim rief mir nach jedem Satz der „Kreutzer Sonate“, die unglücklicher Weise gerade an jenem Abend auf dem Programm stand: „Armer Bonawiz“ zu, was ich nur mit einem wehmuthsvollen, schmerzerfüllten Lächeln beantworten konnte.

Bei unserer Ankunft in Kaschau (6 Uhr Abends) erfuhren wir, daß ein junger Cellist, Herr Elischer, Mendelssohn’s B-dur-Sonate mit mir spielen sollte. Es 

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war dies das einzigemal, daß unser Agent eine fremde Kraft hinzugezogen. Wir fuhren also zunächst zur Probe und dann erst ins Hotel, wo uns gerade noch knapp Zeit zur Concert-Toilette übrig blieb.

Debreczin ist bekanntlich berühmt durch seine Schinken und Würste, neuerdings aber auch durch sein Conservatorium und durch sein wirklich prachtvolles Theater.

Da wir zufällig am Geburtstage Mozart’s in Debreczin concertirten, beschlossen wir, ihm zu Ehren eine nicht auf dem Programm angekündigte Sonate des unsterblichen Meisters zu spielen.

Erst nach vielem Bemühen jedoch erhielten wir die dazu nöthigen Exemplare. Als nun der rechte Moment gekommen, trat ein Debrecziner Cavalier hinaus, um dem Publikum in ungarischer Sprache den Grund der Programmerlängerung auseinanderzusetzen, worauf wir durch den Vortrag der B-dur-Sonate Mozart in unserer Weise feierten.

Nachdem wir noch in Großwardein gespielt, kehrten wir nach Pest zurück, wo Joachim diesmal Concerte von Viotti und Brahms, und ich Händel’s G-moll-Suite und Chopin’s B-moll-Scherzo spielte. Liszt, der dem Concerte sowohl als auch der Probe beiwohnte, beehrte uns mit einer Einladung für den nächsten Tag, und hatte sogar die Liebenswürdigkeit uns vor Tisch mehrere neu erschienene Clavierstücke vorzuspielen.

Während er die Etude eines Spree-Atheners vortrug, sagte er: „Recht kühn für einen Berliner!“ Graf Zichy, den durch den Verlust seines rechten Armes berühmt gewordenen „Linke-Hand-Spieler“, nannte er den Glücklichsten der Menschen, weil er keinen Rivalen habe. Man sieht, Liszt ist trotz seiner 69 Jahre immer noch geistreich und voller Humor. Mögen ihm diese liebenswürdigen Eigenschaften noch lange erhalten bleiben! Mit Pest wäre mein Engagement eigentlich zu Ende gewesen, doch verschaffte mir Brahms’ verspätetes Eintreffen das Vergnügen, noch ein Concert in Groß-Kanisza mitzumachen, und Joachim in Wien bei seinem 3. Concerte zu begleiten. Nach dem Wiener Concerte traten die Meister Brahms und Joachim eine achttägige Concertreise nach Galizien an, und ich zog mich nach London zurück, wo ich vorläufig noch in Erwartung der Dinge lebe, die da kommen sollen.

J. H. Bonawitz.


My Journey with Joachim.


I.

On the evening of January 2, a large number of students from the Hochschule gathered at the Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin to bid farewell to their revered master, Joseph Joachim, who was setting out on an artistic tour of several weeks through Italy, Austria-Hungary, Galicia, and Bohemia. After Joachim had received the various floral tributes and addressed a few friendly words to his devoted pupils, the bell gave the signal to board, and a few moments later the iron horse bore us toward Innsbruck, where the first concert took place on the 4th. Hardly had we passed a few stations when I noticed that the man usually so serious can be very cheerful and humorous. He spoke all dialects—from Saxon to German-Hungarian—with a perfection that filled me with astonishment and amusement.

Travel seems to be for Joachim a kind of recreation. The almost superhuman exertions imposed upon him by his position as director of the Hochschule, together with the continual rehearsals and performances of his quartet and orchestra, leave him no real opportunity for composure; and thus one truly comes to know the great artist in the fullness of his humanity only while en route, on his travels.

Upon our arrival in Innsbruck, at 11 o’clock in the evening of January 3, we found the rooms reserved for us at the Hotel “Golden Sun” very comfortable and well heated. Thanks to the foresight of our agent in Vienna, we had no need throughout the entire tour to trouble ourselves about hotels or train departures and arrivals. Everything had been arranged from Vienna; we had only to consult the itinerary he had prepared.

Of the concert held in the Innsbruck theatre I have nothing further to report except that Joachim’s appearance aroused the customary enthusiasm. New to us, however, was a precautionary measure adopted by the prudent management: a blue strip of paper had been pasted on the “a” above Middle C on the concert grand, in order to assist the theatre attendant—who was not particularly skilled at the keyboard—in giving the A for tuning the violin. Practical!

On the 5th, at one o’clock in the afternoon, we set out for Milan, where we arrived the following morning at seven, half frozen with cold. The railway carriages were unheated, and we hoped at least to find warm rooms at the hotel upon arrival. In vain! The Italian is not equipped for winter; he does not know our German stoves, and even the most generous fireplace can leave the hardened northerner freezing. Hence the clever son of the South rarely remains at home when the cold becomes uncomfortable. He puts hot chestnuts in his pockets to warm his hands and strolls about in the streets—the rascal!

In Milan there has existed for some twenty years a musical society, the “Società del Quartetto,” at whose head stands the Dutch consul Emil Struth, highly meritorious for the musical life there. This society of art lovers annually invites one or more eminent artists to perform (to the exclusion of the general public) in its concerts. This year Joachim was the chosen one, and I think the Milanese may congratulate themselves: from the first stroke of the bow, Master Joachim conquered his audience and dispelled the prejudice that German musicians are indeed thorough, but dry and dull fellows, devoid of warmer feeling. Spohr’s “Gesangsszene” was the first piece Joachim offered them. Hardly had the noblest of violin virtuosi played the opening bars of the recitative when a storm of applause broke out, which recurred and intensified innumerable times during the course of the piece, as I have never before or since experienced.

After the first concert, all Milan was seized with a “Joachim fever.” One spoke of nothing else. Visiting cards, letters of congratulation, sonnets, invitations, and inevitable autograph albums fairly rained down. Joachim devoted his only free evening in Milan to our friend Emil Struth. In the circle of his charming family and a number of guests—including Bazzini and Boito—we spent delightful hours. Joachim played Bach suites and sonatas to everyone’s delight, and finally the kindly old maestro Bazzini joined Joachim and me in performing Mozart’s Trio in E-flat major.

Among the many honors shown to Joachim, I should particularly mention a performance of the Second Symphony of his favorite composer, Johannes Brahms, by the orchestra of the “popular concerts” (held Sunday afternoons) under Andreoli. The compositions of this master have here, too, quickly found favor with musicians and music lovers. Of the three concerts in Milan, the first two were devoted to solo playing and the last to chamber music. Joachim played works by Bach, Tartini, Leclair, Spohr, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Max Bruch, and I took the liberty of presenting the Italians with Mozart, Chopin, and Schumann without extra charge. In the chamber concert, Joachim performed with Messrs. De Angelis, Cernichiaro, and Mattioli Beethoven’s Quartet in C major, Op. 59, and Haydn’s in G major, and with me Schumann’s Sonata in A minor.

The Milanese newspapers outdid themselves in enthusiasm for Joachim, and I too came off rather well. “Here is something very good about you,” said our Swiss hotel porter, approaching me with the Perseveranza in hand. “Do you underschtand Italian?”— “Not a word!”—“Well then I translate it for you.” “It says here,” he continued, “that the gentlemen ‘Kopin’ and Schumann have been here lately, but that none” — “has sweated so well,” I interrupted — “No, none has “fiddled” so well as Herr Bonawitz.”

I was naturally so moved by the news that the gentlemen “Kopin” and Schumann, who died 25–30 years ago, had been playing here recently, that I immediately resolved to give the obliging man a good tip—which I would certainly have done had I happened to have 5 or 10 centimes of small change in my pocket.

After Milan, Venice was the most important Italian city we visited. We “watered” there at about eight in the evening and were received by Frontali (a former pupil of Joachim’s) and Consul Baron Texeira de Mattos, the amiable owner of Desdemona’s palace, and conveyed in his gondola to the Grand Hotel.

Upon entering the hotel we encountered the pianist Leopold von Meyer2, who had come to Venice with his young wife and a little dog to restore his health. “Do you remember how I met you as a very young man in London?” he said to Joachim. “You were already quite classical then, and I only half so; that is why we did not associate much.” “While you are really only just beginning now, I must soon bite the dust,” he added sorrowfully. We were deeply moved, and only regained our cheerfulness when we recalled Meyer’s well-known justification: when someone asked him, “Why do you not play anything by Beethoven?” he replied, “Did Beethoven ever play anything of mine?”

After changing and taking some refreshment, we went to the Teatro La Fenice, where La Favorita was already in the second act. The house is beautiful and the orchestra excellent; the soloists, however, were throughout inadequate, and the chorus likewise. I had never experienced anything like it, even in L. In Germany I usually leave the theatre after the third act, but in Venice we all departed after the second in order to see St. Mark’s Square at night and without moonlight.

The concert held the following day was opened with the same Beethoven quartet that Joachim had played in Milan. We were astonished by the excellent instrumental forces in Italy. Vocal art, on the other hand, seems to be declining even more than with us—something difficult to understand and excuse in a people so much more naturally gifted. The recently founded “Liceo Benedetto Marcello” boasts a capable faculty and industrious pupils, who listened with enthusiastic attention to Joachim’s “Bach lectures.” Indeed, Joachim achieved his greatest successes in Italy with performances of our old master’s works, which both surprised and delighted us.

Venice, like Milan, is well on the way to becoming a home of German art. At the Fenice, Lohengrin was in preparation, and the Liceo Benedetto Marcello is doing the rest to establish our German instrumental music.

The Venetian papers were likewise very kind, with one exception, which found that Joachim played too much German (that is, too little melodic) music, and that my playing bore too clearly the marks of German precision and thoroughness. Who, then, is right—the Leipzig connoisseur who reproached me with “nonchalance” and “salon mannerisms,” or the Venetian? To one I am too solid, to the other too careless!

Explain that to me, Count Oerindur!3

J. H. Bonawitz


II.

From Venice we traveled directly to Graz, where we arrived on January 16 shortly before noon. As the concert began already at four in the afternoon and we departed again for Vienna a few hours later, we had not a moment’s rest, thanks to the many visitors Joachim received.

First scene. A lady in black veil enters the room filled with admirers. “I do not know to which of the gentlemen present I should turn.”

“Whom do you wish to speak with?”
“Professor Joachim.”
“That is I.”
“Ah, one can tell at once!”

Second scene. A father enters with his “prodigy.” “Might my son have the honor of playing something for the Director?”

Third scene. Another gentleman, violin under his arm: “Would you, Professor, be so kind as to examine my latest improvement to the violin?”

Fourth scene. An aspiring Beethoven, with a seven-pound score, presents himself and requests permission to dedicate his latest composition to Joachim—naturally hoping it will soon be publicly performed.

Fifth scene. An elderly gentleman with blue spectacles on a red nose wishes to know Joachim’s opinion of the “music of the future.”

At this point it became too much for me. I went to the porter and impressed upon him that no one was to be admitted to Joachim before the concert. He obeyed—but sent them all to me instead. When I finally realized this, I locked the door and let them knock to their hearts’ content. One particularly persistent individual, however, I had at last to admit after the following dialogue through the closed door:

“Who is knocking so violently?”
“I wish to speak with Herr Joachim.”
“Herr Joachim is not receiving.”
“But I must speak with him—I have not seen him for twenty years.”
“If you have neither seen nor spoken with him for so long, you can surely wait until after the concert.”
“You do not suppose I want a complimentary ticket?”
“I suppose nothing!”
“Well then open the door; I will show you my ticket.”

During this exchange I had finished dressing and admitted the intruder.

“Why will you not let me speak with Joachim?”
“Because he has not yet finished dressing. Is your business so very important?”
“Yes—I want to sell him a violin bow.”

I looked at the man very seriously and said: “Take care not to trouble Joachim before the concert; he may easily become as fierce as a tiger (God forgive me this gross lie!) and then no longer know what he is doing.”

That did the trick. The man left and was not seen again.

A few hours after the concert—in which we encountered a gracious audience and a very capable orchestra—we traveled on to Vienna, where Joachim alone participated in a society concert.

On this occasion I heard for the first time Joachim’s new variations with orchestra, which impressed me as sympathetically as all his other compositions known to me. It is a pity that Joachim writes so little! The orchestra was conducted by Director Hellmesberger. I have always found it incomprehensible that in Vienna some have denied this man the ability to conduct an orchestra. I have directed perhaps fifty orchestras in my life, large and small, and may therefore claim some authority in saying that Hellmesberger is not merely competent but indeed an excellent conductor. To conduct Joachim’s variations as he did after a single rehearsal requires something more than routine.4

After a concert in Linz, the second concert in Vienna took place on the 21st in the Bösendorfer Hall. Joachim and I opened with Schumann’s Sonata in A minor, followed by various violin pieces by Spohr, Hiller, and Paganini, as well as several Hungarian dances; the evening concluded with Beethoven’s Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, excellently performed by the two Hellmesbergers (father and son), Herr Hummer, and the concert-giver. The demand for tickets was so great that hundreds had to be turned away, and Joachim consented to general requests for a third concert—necessitating the cancellation of two already announced engagements in Galicia.

In Pest, Joachim was thrown into great amusement by being mistaken for a Hungarian violin virtuoso. This occurred in the restaurant of the Grand Hotel Hungaria, where a gypsy band, having learned that the “king of violinists” was present, gradually approached until they stood before our table. Joachim, greatly pleased with their playing, had a bottle of wine and cigars brought for each of them, whereupon their leader, glass in hand, approached him respectfully and cried: “Éljen—Reményi!” I have never heard Joachim laugh more heartily.

In the first Pest concert (which I attended only as a listener), Joachim played Beethoven’s concerto, the Gesangsszene, and his new variations in his incomparable manner. A group of music students aged ten to fifteen awaited him at the entrance to the Redoutensaal, silently escorted him upstairs, followed his every step in the artists’ room, and then just as silently followed him out again. This mute, childlike ovation greatly delighted him.

In Miskolcz we found ourselves in difficulty for want of a concert grand. The instrument sent from Vienna failed to arrive in time, and we had at the last moment to make do with a piano on which, perhaps fifty years ago, a son of Árpád had practiced his scales. Only two hammers (high C and A) were broken; the others were still intact, though somewhat paralyzed with gout—but pleasant to play it was not.

After each movement of the “Kreutzer Sonata,” which unfortunately stood on the program that evening, Joachim called out to me: “Poor Bonawiz,” to which I could respond only with a melancholy, pained smile.

Upon our arrival in Kaschau (six in the evening), we learned that a young cellist, Herr Elischer, was to perform Mendelssohn’s B-flat major sonata with me. This was the only occasion on which our agent engaged outside assistance. We went first to rehearsal and only then to the hotel, where we had just enough time left for concert dress.

Debrecen is well known for its hams and sausages, but more recently also for its conservatory and its truly splendid theatre. As we happened to be performing there on Mozart’s birthday, we decided to honor him by playing a sonata not listed on the program. Only after considerable effort did we obtain the necessary parts. When the moment arrived, a Debrecen gentleman stepped forward to explain to the audience in Hungarian the reason for the program’s extension, after which we celebrated Mozart in our own way with the B-flat major sonata.

After further concerts in Grosswardein, we returned to Pest, where Joachim played concertos by Viotti and Brahms, and I performed Handel’s G minor suite and Chopin’s B minor scherzo. Liszt, who attended both the rehearsal and the concert, honored us with an invitation for the following day and even had the kindness to play several newly published piano pieces for us before dinner.

While performing an étude by a “Spree Athenian,” he remarked: “Quite bold for a Berliner!” Count Zichy, the “left-hand pianist” made famous by the loss of his right arm, he called the happiest of men, because he has no rival. One sees that Liszt, despite his sixty-nine years, remains witty and full of humor. May these amiable qualities long be preserved to him!

My engagement really ended in Pest, but Brahms’s delayed arrival afforded me the pleasure of participating in another concert in Gross-Kanisza and accompanying Joachim in his third concert in Vienna. After the Vienna concert, the masters Brahms and Joachim undertook an eight-day concert tour to Galicia, while I withdrew to London, where for the present I live in expectation of what is yet to come.

J. H. Bonawitz



  1. For biographical detail, see: Schleifer, Martha Furman. “Bonawitz, Johann Heinrich.” Grove Music Online. 26 May. 2010; Accessed 25 May. 2026. https://www-oxfordmusiconline-com.unh.idm.oclc.org/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002087242.; See also: https://mmm2.mugemir.de/doku.php?id=bonewitz ↩︎
  2. Leopold de Meyer (Leopold von Meyer, 1814–1883) was a virtuoso Austrian pianist and salon‑music composer, famed in the mid‑19th century for his brilliant touring career across Europe and America. ↩︎
  3. Graf Oerindur is the tragic protagonist of Adolf Müllner’s once hugely popular fate‑tragedy Die Schuld (1813), whose life is destroyed by an irreconcilably “split” nature—torn between Northern and Southern heritage—and by inherited guilt; by mock‑appealing to this emblematic figure of divided character to decide whether he is “too slovenly” (for the Leipzig connoisseur who reproached him with “nonchalance” and “salon expressions”) or “too solid” (for the Venetian critic, who heard only German exactness and thoroughness), Bonawiz measures these mutually exclusive clichés—north‑German rigor versus southern ease—against Oerindur’s inner conflict, at the same time shrugging them off as a pseudo‑tragic dilemma no authority can meaningfully resolve. ↩︎
  4. See review: https://josephjoachim.com/2026/05/25/concerts-vienna-january-1880/ ↩︎

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Concert: Leipzig, Gewandhaus: November 16, 1843, NZfM

10 Monday Feb 2025

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Concert: Leipzig Gewandhaus début: November 16, 1843
NZfM, Leipzig, Vol. 19, No. 47 (December 1, 1843), p. 188

[English translation below]


Joachim schien mir, wenn das Aeußere nicht trügt, ein Knabe von etwa 12–14 Jahren zu sein. Für ein solches Alter leistet er allerdings Ungewöhnliches und würde zu einer Zeit, wo die musicirenden Wunderkinder noch seltener waren, gewiß das größte Aufsehen erregt haben. In den letzten Jahren jedoch sind dem musikliebenden Publicum so viel solcher Wunder vorgeführt worden, daß sie aufgehört haben, welche zu sein. Auch hat man die Erfahrung gewonnen, daß diese vielversprechenden Kleinen sehr häufig nichts erfüllten, sondern in reiferen Jahren spurlos in die Alltagswelt verschwanden. Freilich, wenn ein solcher Knabe, wie z. B. dieser Joseph Joachim, in dem jedenfalls außerordentliche Anlagen vorhanden sind, bis zu seinem Mannesalter in geistiger und technischer Beziehung vorwärts schritte, dann müßte er sich zu einem wahrhaften Virtuosenwunder ausbilden. Möchte der kleine Virtuose durch unablässiges und edles Streben diese Voraussetzung verwirklichen, und das Glück ihm dazu günstig sein.

Z. [Heinrich Schmidt]


Joachim appeared to me, if outward appearances can be trusted, to be a boy of around 12–14 years old. For someone of that age, he achieves something extraordinary and would certainly have caused the greatest sensation in an era when musical child prodigies were still rare. However, in recent years, the music-loving public has been presented with so many such marvels that they have ceased to be marvels at all. Experience has also shown that these promising youngsters often fail to fulfill their potential, vanishing without a trace into the ordinary world as they mature. Of course, if such a boy—like this Joseph Joachim, who undoubtedly possesses exceptional talent—were to advance intellectually and technically into adulthood, he could develop into a true virtuoso marvel. May this young virtuoso realize this potential through relentless and noble effort, and may fortune smile upon his pursuit.

Z. [Heinrich Schmidt]


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Joseph Joachim’s Concerts

02 Thursday Dec 2021

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Joseph Joachim’s Concerts

An incomplete list, subject to expansion and revision.
Dates follow the format: day/month/year.

For further reference, an extensive collection of programs exists online at: http://www.concertprogrammes.org.uk/collections/?cbq=Joseph+Joachim
Other major periodical archives contain hundreds of concert notices and reviews.

AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council Concert Programmes [Cardiff University and Royal College of Music]

ALP April Lane Prince Dissertation

HOA Hallé Orchestra Archives

JJ Joseph Joachim — Biography and Research

JJC Joseph Joachim Collection

NZfM Neue Zeitschrift für Musik

SB Schumann Briefedition, Serie II Köln: Dohr, 2019, 2 vols. 


1839

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17/3/1839: Adelskasino, Pest
Debut recital. Joseph Joachim, Stanislaus Serwaczyński; Johann Friedrich Eck Double Concerto, Franz Pechaˇcek Variations on Schubert’s Trauerwalzer. Ref: JJ

1840

25/3/1840 [Der Adler, Vienna, 30/3/1840 p. 6]:

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1843

30/4/1843 Royal Redoutensaal, Vienna
Fourth ever subscription concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto no. 4 in D Minor; Adagio religioso and Finale marziale 

16/11/1843 Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Seventh Subscription Concert of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ernst: Othello Fantasie. Ref: NZfM, 11/12/1843, p. 3. /AmZ , 12/1843, no. 49, p. 888. Program: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Leipzig. 

1844

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29/1/1844: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Concert by Charlotte Birch (as assisting artist). Spohr, Violin Concerto no. 85 op. 47 Gesangscene. Ref: AmZ No. 5 (31 January 1844): 74-75. Program included Cherubini Ouverture zum Wasserträger, Arie von Marliani, Bellini Arie aus der Sonnambula, Beethoven Ouverture zu Fidelio (No. 4, E dur), Englische und schottische Nationallieder, Moscheles Hommage à Handel, Duo für zwei Pianoforte, Rode Variationen (Miss Birch).

7/6/1844: Princess’ Concert Room, London
G. A. Macfarren’s and J. W. Davison’s Third Concert of Chamber Music. Mendelssohn Trio in D Minor, op. 49 (Joachim, Mendelssohn, Hausmann), Bach Adagio and Fugue G Minor, BWV 1001, Mendelssohn Quartet in D, op. 44 (Joachim, Goffrie, Hill, Hausmann); program also included songs by Mendelssohn and Macfarren, sung by Marshall, Dolby, and Rainforth. See also the mention in Banister/MACFARREN, pp. 102–103.

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29/11/1844
: Soirée at Herman Härtel’s house, Leipzig
Mendelssohn Octet with Joachim. Ref: Friedrich Schmidt, Das Musikleben der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft Leipzigs im Vormärz (1815-1848), Langensalza: Beyer & Mann, 1912. 181.

1845

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18/10/1845: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
A Beethoven string quartet, together with David, Gade, and Grabau. Concert given by Lisa B. Cristiani. Ref: Program Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Leipzig.

10/11/1845: Hôtel de Saxe, Dresden
JJ plays Mendelssohn’s violin concerto and David’s Variations on Schubert’s Lob der Thränen for Violin and Orchestra, op. 15 under Robert Schumann’s direction. This Dresden premiere would be Joseph’s first performance of the Mendelssohn Concerto, and the third public performance of the work outright.

4/12/1845: Gewandhaus Leipzig
Adagio und Rondo für die Violine mit Orchester, komponiert und vorgetragen von Herrn Joseph Joachim; Caprice für die Violine mit Orchesterbegleitung, über ein Thema aus dem Piraten von Bellini, komponiert von H.W. Ernst, gespielt von Herrn Joseph Joachim. Conducted by Felix Mendelssohn; the only performance at which Mendelssohn performed a work of Joachim’s publicly.

Erster Theil: Symphonie von W.A. Mozart (D dur, ohne Menuett ; Arie aus Norma von Bellini [Keusche Göttin, im silbernen Glanze], gesungen von Fräulein Jenny Lind ; Adagio und Rondo für die Violine mit Orchester, componiert und vorgetragen von Herrn Joseph Joachim ; Duett aus “I Capuleti e Montechi” von Bellini [Si, fuggire!], gesungen von Fräulein Jenny Lind und Miss Helene Dolby — Zweiter Theil: Ouverture zu Oberon von C. Maria von Weber ; Recitativ und Arie aus Don Juan von Mozart [Ich grausam! .. Ueber Alles bleibst du theuer], gesungen von Fräulein Lind ; Caprice für die Violine mit Orchesterbegleitung, über ein Thema aus dem Piraten von Bellini, componirt von H.W. Ernst, gespielt von Herrn Joseph Joachim — Lieder mit Pianofortebegleitung, gesungen von Fräulein Lind.

Ref: Program, Morgan Library  Accession Number PMC 1187

1846

11/1/1846: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna
Ref: Wiener Zeitung, No. 11 (11 January, 1846), p. 84.

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1847

9/2/1847: Dresden, Saxony
Bach Chaconne.
Ref: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Nr. 43), Friday, 12 February, 1847, p. 369.

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18/2/1847: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Seventeenth Subscription Concert. Historical concert (composers from before a century ago). Bach: Adagio and Fugue in G minor; Chaconne. Ref: Programs, Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Leipzig

19/4/1847: Beethoven Rooms, London
Beethoven Quartet Society. Beethoven: Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4; Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 74; Quartet in A minor, Op. 132. Ref. The Musical World, No. 22 (24 April, 1847), p. 262.

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7/6/1847: Liverpool, England

Liverpool Mercury: Friday, June 11, 1847, p. 326:

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21/6/1847: Manchester, England
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64, Ernst Adagio and Rondo. Ref: Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, Wednesday, 23 June, 1847.

1848

11/3/1848: Hamburg
Beethoven Violin Concerto, Ernst Otello Fantasie. The concert is attended by the young Johannes Brahms, who hears Joachim for the first time.
Hamburger Nachrichten of 27 March gives a concert review: “In dem Violin-Virtuosen Hrn. J. Joachim, der das Beethoven’sche Violin-Concert und die bekannte Othello-Phantasie von Ernst vortrug, lernte unser Publikum einen Künstler von bedeutendem Talent und der solidesten Kunstrichtung kennen. Die Bemerkung, daß derselbe das großartige Beethovensche Concert — ein Werk, für das sich in mehr denn einer Beziehung wohl der Name Concert-Symphonie eignen möchte — in vortrefflicher Auffassung und sicherer Haltung mit Geschmack, mit Geist und Gefühl ausführte, zeigt den Standpunct dieses Künstlers zur Genüge an und macht jede weitere Erörterung überflüssig. Der laute Beifall aller Anwesenden, dessen er sich zu erfreuen hatte, war nur eine gerechte Anerkennung der ausgezeichneten Leistung —” Ref

19/10/1848: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Weber, Overture to “Freischütz;” Mozart, Recitative and Aria sung by Minna Marpurg; Beethoven Violin Concerto (Joachim); Spohr, Finale from the opera “Zemire und Azor,” sung by Minna and Auguste Marburg, Frl. Stark, Herrn Wideman and Behr; Ferdinand David, Symphony after Goethe’s poem “Verschiedene Empfindungen auf einem Platze” (new, manuscript).  Ref: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 291 (17 December 1848) p. 3824.

17/12/1848: Leipzig
“Am 17. Dec. veranstaltete die blinde Sängerin Frl. Anna Zinggeler aus Zürich ein Morgenconcert in der Buchhändlerbörse. Ihre Leistungen waren anerkenneswerth und fanden Beifall. Unterstützt wurde das Concert durch die HH. Joachim und Behr, Kapellmeister Rietz begleitete. Ein Hr. Pelz aus Prag debütierte minder glücklich mit einer Composition wie sie das Leipziger Publicum nicht zu hören gewohnt ist.” Ref: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 354 (19 December 1848) p. 4562

1849

30/4/1849: Philharmonic Society, Dublin
23rd season, 4th grand concert. Principal performers: Miss A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, Signor Marras, Herr Joachim. Leader: Mr. Levey. Conductor: Mr. Bussell. Ref

Dublin Evening Mail No. 4763, page 3 (2/5/1849):

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7/5/1849: The Globe No. 14,862, p. 3. (10/5/1849)

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7/5/1849: The Morning Post No. 23,532 (9/5/1849):
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30/9/1849: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Ref: Program Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Leipzig.

10/12/1849: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Maurer Concerto for Four Violins. Ref: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Nr. 346), Friday, 12 December, 1849, p. 3788

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1850

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19/10/1850: Hof-Theater, Weimar
Hof-Kapelle Weimar (Liszt), Joachim, Agthe, Coßmann, Graumann, Beethoven violin concerto, Joachim Fantasie über ungarische Motive. Ref: THULB

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1851

16/2/1851 Hof-Theater, Weimar

1852

14/5/1852: Mrs. Robinson’s Soirées, Dublin
Beethoven, Sonata No. 9 Op. 47, “Kreutzer.” Ref: Commins/HEART, p. 190.

31/5/1852: Philharmonic Society, London
Joachim, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64, Joachim Fantasia on Scottish Airs.  Ref: Bell’s,

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Review: London Evening Standard 1 June, 1852:

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12/6/1852: Queen’s Concert Rooms, Hanover Square, London
Beethoven Violin Concerto, ‘Hungarian’ Fantasy, Paganini 24th Caprice. Ref: Illustrated London News, 12 June, 1852, p. 458; The Morning Advertiser, Saturday, 26 June, 1852, p. 6.

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23/6/1852: Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Joachim, Bottesini, various artists, Joachim Phantasie über ungarische Motive (Fantasia on Hungarian Airs). Ref: The Era.

25/6/1852: London, Hanover-square Rooms
Joachim, Ferd. Hiller cond., Beethoven violin concerto, Joachim Phantasie über ungarische Motive (Fantasia on Hungarian Airs). Ref: London Daily News.  Morning Chronicle.

13/11/1852: Joachim debuts in Hanover with Mendelssohn Concerto — audition concert for his new position. Ref: FMH 1853

8/1/1853: Hanover
Spohr Gesangscene. (Kömpel played Beethoven Concerto) Ref. and complete program: FMH

22/1/1853: Hanover
Spohr Gesangscene (Kömpel played Beethoven Concerto) Ref. and complete program: FMH

26/2/1853: Hanover
Bach Chaconne, Ernst Concerto Allegro Pathétique. Ref. and complete program: FMH

19/3/1853: Hanover
Ernst Othello Fantasie. Ref. and complete program: FMH

17/5/1853: Niederrheinische Musikfest, Düsseldorf
Beethoven Violin Concerto, Bach Chaconne (Schumann arrangement, accompanied by Clara Schumann).

8/1853: Summer concerts in Göttingen
Der Humorist, 30 August 1853, p. 794:

 

25/10/1853:

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10/12/1853: Hanover
Beethoven Concerto. Ref. and complete program: FMH

20/12/1853: Casinosaal, Cologne
Ferdinand Hiller, conducting: Beethoven Concerto, unnamed composition of his own. Review: RMZ p. 1454.

22/12/1853: Casinosaal, Cologne
Recital Joachim, Hiller, and Koch for the benefit of “Herrn Clef, früheren Regisseurs des hiesigen Vaudeville – Theaters.” Joachim Romanze, Paganini 24th caprice, with Hiller Bach sonata in E Major, three Etudes by Hiller for Piano and Violin, and Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata. Ref: BMZ

1854

7/1/1854: Hof-Theater, Hanover
Joseph Joachim conducting: Franz Liszt Fantasie über Ungarische Volksmelodien; Hans von Bülow, pianist. Ref: LdK  FMH

21/1/1854: Hof-Theater, Hanover
Joachim, Schumann Fantasie. Ref. and complete program: FMH

4/3/1854: Hof-Theater, Hanover
Joachim, “Romanze v. Beethoven” “Präludium v. Bach,” “Capriccio v. Paganini.” Ref. and complete program: FMH

1/4/1854: Hof-Theater, Hanover
Joachim, Berlioz Romanze “Tendresse et Caprice.” Ref. and complete program: FMH

8/9/1854: Norderney
Concert with Jenny Lind to benefit the poor. Ref: Signale, vol. 12, no. 37 (September, 1854), p. 302

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10/12/1854: Singakademie, Berlin
Joachim and Clara Schumann joint recital. Ref: Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, vol. 8 no. 50, (13 December, 1854), p. 396:

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16/12/1854: Singakademie, Berlin
Second Joachim and Clara Schumann joint recital. Schumann Violin Sonata D Minor, Bach Prelude and Fugue for Violin Solo, Bach Prelude E Major, Paganini Caprice no. 24. Ref: ALP  Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, vol. 8 no. 51, (20 December, 1854), p. 403.

20/12/1854: Singakademie, Berlin
Third Joachim and Clara Schumann joint recital. Beethoven Romanze G Major, Bach, Sarabande and Double, Bach Bourée and Double, Schumann Fantasiestucke for Pianoforte and Violin, op. 73, Bach, Andante and Allegro from the Third Sonata for Violin, Beethoven, Violin Sonata C Minor, op. 30.

1856

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5/11/1856: Gasthof zur Stadt London, Göttingen
Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, Beethoven Sonata G Major, op. 96, Schubert 2 Moments musicals, op. 94 (pf.), Mendelssohn Scherzo à capriccio F sharp minor (pf.), Schumann Fantasie, op. 131, Mozart Sonata in A Major, Bach Adagio and Allegro (vln. solo), Schumann Carnaval, op. 9 (pf.). Ref: Michelmann/SIEBOLD, p. 112.

1857

14/2/1857: Hanover
All-Beethoven Program with Clara Schumann for King George V
Violin Sonata A Major, op. 47 (Kreutzer), Variations E flat Major, op. 35, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58, Violin Sonata C minor, op. 30/2. Ref: SB 2/1, p. 323. 

18/2/1857: Mengershausen’s Saal, Göttingen
J. O. Grimm (cond.), Clara Schumann, pno. Beethoven Sonata G Major (not known which), Bach Praeludium and Fugue. Ref: Michelmann/SIEBOLD, pp. 112-113.

22/11/1857: Hamburg Philharmonic

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1858

10/5/1858: Society if Antient Concerts, Dublin
Concert with Fanny Robinson and William Elsner, Ref: Commins/HEART, p. 190.

1/6/1858: 7:45 p.m. Liverpool Philharmonic Society
Madame Viardot Garcia, Miss Kemble, Signor Luchesi, Joachim (“His first appearance in Liverpool since 1847”), J. Zeugheer Herrmann, cond. Ref: Liverpool Mail, (29 May, 1858).

5/8/1858: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
15th concert of the 1st season.
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64; Joachim Violin Concerto in D minor “Hungarian”: Romanza; Hallé Orchestra Ref: HOA; HOA

1859

27/5/1859: Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin
Beethoven, Sonata No. 9, op. 47, “Kreutzer,” Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, op. 89. Ref: Commins/HEART, p. 190.

24/5/1859: St. James’s Hall, London
Joseph Joachim and Clara Schumann. Clara Schumann’s first concert in St. James’s Hall. Ref: SB 2/1, p. 43.

Irish Tour with Jenny Lind Goldschmidt and Otto Goldschmidt

26&28/9/1859: Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin
Madame Lind Goldschmidt with Signor Belletti, Herr Joachim and Mr. Otto Goldschmidt. Ref: CP
Fantasie über Irische Melodien. Ref: Commins/HEART, p. 190.

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[Dublin Evening Freeman, 30 September, 1859]

 

3/10/1859: 1:00 p.m. Railway Hotel, Killarney
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, Otto Goldschmidt, Signor Belletti, Joachim. Rondo from Mozart “Il re Pastore,” Andante con Variation from Beethoven Sonata, op. 47, Tartini Sonata (Larghetto — Tempo Giusto — Finale), Mozart duo for violin and piano. Ref: Tralee Chronicle (2 September, 1859).

1860

1861

1862

5/5/1862: St. James’s Hall, London [Ref: BNA]

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2/6/1862: Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin
Two violin sonatas by Beethoven, Bach Fugue in C major, Ernst Elegie. Ref: Commins/HEART, p. 190.

November, 1862: Crystal Palace, London
Spohr Violin Concerto in E Minor

1865

17/11/1865: Singakademie, Berlin
Joachim, Hofopernsänger Stägemann, Musikdirektor Radecke. Ref: National-Zeitung, Berlin, vol. 18, no. 535 (15 November, 1865). [Review in National-Zeitung vol. 18, no. 543 (19 November, 1865)]

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22/11/1865: Singakademie, Berlin
Joachim, Clara Schumann. Ref: National-Zeitung, Berlin, vol. 18, no. 547 (22 November, 1865).

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29/11/1865: Singakademie, Berlin
Joachim, Clara Schumann. Ref: National-Zeitung, Berlin, vol. 18, no. 555 (26 November, 1865).

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1866

22/2/1866: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Mr. Charles Hallé’s Grand Concerts: Vocalist, Madame Lemmens-Sherrington — Solo violin, Herr Joachim — Solo pianoforte and conductor, Mr Charles Hallé, E. de Jong. Ref: AHRC

8/3/1866: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Mr. Charles Hallé’s Grand Concerts: Vocalists Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Mr Santley — Solo violin, Herr Joachim — Solo pianoforte and conductor, Mr Charles Hallé — Organist, Mr Henry Walker. Ref: AHRC

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1867

19/1/1867: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Instrumentalists, Madame Schumann, Herr Joachim, Herr L. Ries, Mr Zerbini, Signor Piatti — Vocalist, Miss Louisa Pyne. Ref: AHRC

7/2/1867: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Mr Charles Hallé’s Grand Concerts: Vocalist, Louise Pyne — Solo violin, Herr Joachim — Solo violoncello, Signor Piatti — Solo pianoforte and conductor, Mr. Charles Hallé. Ref: AHRC

7/3/1867: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Mr Charles Hallé’s Grand Concerts: Vocalist, Madame Lemons-Sherrington — Solo violin, Herr Joachim — Solo pianoforte and conductor, Mr Charles Hallé. Ref: AHRC

16/3/1867: Crystal Palace, London
Beethoven Violin Concerto; Bach, Prelude and Presto; Romanze from Joachim Hungarian concerto, op. 11. Ref: London Evening Standard, Thursday, 28 March, 1867, p. 6.

1868

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St. James’s Hall, London

22/02/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Elena Angele, Ernst Pauer, Henry Lazarus, C. Harper, John Winterbottom, Mr. Reynolds.  Ref: AHRC

24/02/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Vernon Rigby, Clara Schumann.  Ref: AHRC

29/02/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Cecilia Westbrook, Clara Schumann.  Ref: AHRC

02/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Charlotte Sainton Dolby, Clara Schumann.  Ref: AHRC

07/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Ernst Pauer, Joseph Joachim, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Anna Jewell, Henry Lazarus, Mr. Reynolds, C. Harper, John Winterbottom.  Ref: AHRC

09/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Vernon Rigby, Charles Hallé.  Ref: AHRC

14/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, C. Harper, Mr. Standen, Alfredo Piatti, Elena Angéle, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

16/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Sims Reeves, Arabella Goddard, Mr. Reynolds.  Ref: AHRC

21/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Vernon Rigby, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

23/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Cecilia Westbrook, Charles Hallé. Ref: AHRC

28/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Henry Blagrove, Henry Lazarus, C. Harper, John Winterbottom, Mr. Reynolds, Alfredo Piatti, Elena Angéle, Arabella Goddard.  Ref: AHRC

30/03/1868: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Cecilia Westbrook, Charles Hallé, Sims Reeves, Arabella goddard, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

1869

04/01/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Edith Wynne, Arabella Goddard. Ref: AHRC

11/01/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Annie Edmonds, Ernst Pauer. Ref: AHRC

18/01/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Emily Spiller, Henry Lazarus, Charles Hallé, Adolf Pollitzer, Mr. Watson, J. B. Zerbini, Mr. Aylward, Mr. Reynolds. Ref: AHRC

23/01/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Charlotte Sainton-Dolby, Arabella Goddard. Ref: AHRC

25/01/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Vernon Rigby, Arabella Goddard, Adolf Pollizer, Mr. Watson, J. B. Zerbini, Mr. Aylward, Charles Reynolds. Ref: AHRC

30/01/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Charlotte Sainton-Dolby, Arabella Goddard, Madame Osborne Williams, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

01/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Edith Wynne, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

06/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Anna Jewell, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

08/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alessandro Pezze, Karl Wallenreiter, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

13/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Anna Jewel, Henry Lazarus, Ernst Pauer, John Radcliff, Appollon Barret, Charles Harper, Mr. Reynolds. Ref: AHRC

15/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Vernon Rigby, Charles Hallé.  Ref: AHRC

20/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Karl Wallenreiter, Charles Hallé. Ref: AHRC

22/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Adolf Pollitzer, Mr. Amor, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Guillaume Paque, Alfredo Piatti, Edith Wynne, Clara Schumann, Prosper Sainton, Josef Ludwig, Mr. Reynolds. Ref: AHRC

27/02/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Miss Banks, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

01/03/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Charlotte Sainton Dolby, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

06/03/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Le Jeune, Arthur, Charlotte Sainton Dolby, Charles Hallé, Joseph Joachim, Louis ries, Henry Blagrove, Henry Lazarus, Charles Harper, John Winterbottom, Charles Reynolds, Alfredo Piatti. Ref: AHRC

08/03/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Le Jeune, Arthur, Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Madame Osborne Williams, Charles Hallé, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

13/03/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Prosper Sainton, Alfredo Piatti, Louis Ries, Adolf Pollitzer, Mr. Watson, J. B. Zerbini, Mr. Aylward, Mr. Reynolds, Edith Wynne, Arabella Goddard. Ref: AHRC

15/03/1869: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Henry Blagrove, Alfredo Piatti, Annie Edmonds, Arabella Goddard. Ref: AHRC

16/8/1869: Mozarteum, Salzburg Ref: Salzburger Nachrichten, Wednesday, 11 August, 1869, p. 3.

31/10/1869: Singakademie, Berlin
Inaugural concert of the Joachim Quartet
(Joachim, Ernst Schiever, Heinrich de Ahna, Wilhelm Müller)

1870

29/01/1870: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Blanche Cole, Ernst Pauer. Ref: AHRC

31/01/1870: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Blanche Cole. Ref: AHRC

05/02/1870: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Edith Wynne, Charles Hallé. Ref: AHRC

07/02/1870: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Natalie Carola, Franklin Taylor.. Ref: AHRC

8/3/1870: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Pianoforte, Madame Schumann — Violin, Herr Joachim — Vocalist, Miss Edith Wynne. Ref

1871

6/02/1871: Concerthaus, Berlin
Joachim “Hungarian” Concerto, op. 11. Ref: Berliner Musikzeitung, 15 February 1871: 53.

20/02/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, J. B. Zerbini, Hugo Daubert, Charles Santley, Charles Hallé. Programme mis-bound in volume. Piatti unwell. Ref: AHRC

13/02/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Miss Enriquez, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

27/02/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Edward Howell, Arthur Byron, Clara Schumann. Piatti unwell. Ref: AHRC

06/03/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Franklin Taylor, Joseph Joachim, Alfredo Piatti, William Hayman Cummings, Ludwig Straus, Henry Lazarus, Paquis, Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Reynolds, Alfredo Piatti. Ref: AHRC

8/3/1871: Philharmonic Society, London
Mr Santley and Miss Edith Wynne (vocal) and Herr Joachim (violin), including a number of words by Gounod being given for the first time. Ref: AHRC

18/03/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Rebecca Jewell, Clara Schumann.. Ref: AHRC

20/03/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Mr. Paquis, Mr. Standen, Mr. Reynolds, Alfredo Piatti, Amalie Joachim, Emma Brandes. Ref: AHRC

25/03/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Amalie Joachim, Clara Schumann, Julius Benedict. Ref: AHRC

27/03/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Charles Santley, Arabella Goddard. Ref: AHRC

01/04/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Sims Reeves, Emma Brandes, Clara Schumann, Mr. Reynolds, Julius Benedict. Ref: AHRC

03/04/1871: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Charles Santley, Amalie Joachim, Clara Schumann, Ernst Pauer, Wilma Norman Neruda, Charles Hallé, Mr. Reynolds, Julius Benedict. Ref: AHRC

1872

22/2/1872: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Mr Charles Hallé’s Grand Concerts: Vocalists, Miss Helen D’alton, Mr Maybrick — Solo violin, Herr Joachim — Solo pianoforte and conductor, Mr Charles Hallé. Ref

27/2/1872: Royal Albert Hall, London
Grand Evening Concert on Thanksgiving Day, with Mr Cummings, Mr Maybrick, Mr Sims Reeves, Mademoiselle Enriquez, Mademoiselle J. Sherrington and Madame Lemmens Sherrington (vocal), Joseph Joachim (violin) and Mr G. Carter (organ), conducted by Sir Julius Benedict, including the first performance of Julius Benedict, Hymn of Thanksgiving. Ref: AHRC

1873

1874

14/02/1874: Crystal Palace, London
Elena Corani, Signor Agnesi, Joseph Joachim, Mr. Wedemeyer. Ref: AHRC

1875

10/01/1875: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna:

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13/03/1875: Crystal Palace, London
Edith Wynne, Helene Arnim, Joseph Joachim, August Manns. Ref: AHRC

18/3/1875: Philharmonic Society, London
Miss Edith Wynne, Madame Patey, Mr W. H. Cummings and Mr Santley (vocal) and Herr Joachim (violin), including the first performance of W. Sterndale Bennett, Funeral March from Music of Sophocles. Ref: AHRC

1876

04/03/1876: Crystal Palace, London
Wilhelmine Gips, George E. Fox, Joseph Joachim, August Manns. First performance of Joachim’s orchestration of Schubert’s Grand Duo for piano, D812. Ref: AHRC

7/3/1876: Cambridge University Musical Society, Cambridge
Concert including Haydn, String Quartet in G, op.76/1 and Schumann, Piano Quintet in E flat, op.44, given by J. Joachim, Rev. F. Hudson, Mr Burnett and Rev. T.P. Hudson. Also, Mr G.F. Cobb and F. Pownall (vocal) and C.V. Stanford (piano).

18/03/1876: Crystal Palace, London
Thekla Friedländer, Annie Butterworth, Jospeh Joachim, August Manns. First performance in England of Rubinstein’s Ballet music and Wedding march from Feramors. Ref: AHRC

1877

03/02/1877: Crystal Palace, London
Edward Lloyd, Crystal Palace Choir, Joseph Joachim, August Manns. Concert to mark the 30th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s death. Ref: AHRC

8/3/1877: Cambridge University Musical Society, Cambridge
Concert in aid of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, including Brahms, Song of Destiny and Symphony in C minor, the latter receiving its first performance in England. Also, Beethoven, Violin Concerto (Joachim, violin) and the first performance of Joachim, Elegiac Overture in Commemoration of Kleist (composed especially for the concert) (with historical and analytical notes the Brahms symphony and the Joachim Overture and a historical note, by Stanford, on CUMS). Ref: CP

12/03/1877: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, J. B. Zerbini, Alessandro Pezze, Alfredo Piatti, Sophie Löwe, Clara Schumann. Ref: AHRC

1878

27/2/1878: Cambridge University Musical Society, Cambridge
Concert including Beethoven String Quartets op.95 and 130 (Messrs Joachim, Ries, Straus and Piatti) and a vocal quartet (‘Spring Time’) by the same composer (Rev. L. Borissow, Messrs C.A. Treherne, G.F. Cobb and A.H. Mann). Also, solo violin pieces by Joachim and Brahms (Joachim, violin), a duet for cello and piano by Schumann, and a glee by Spofforth (with historical and descriptive notes and advertisements for the Popular Concert series and for the Easter Term performances). Bound with program is an insert detailing the necessary replacement of certain performers, including Piatti by Mr Daubert. Ref: CP

28/12/1878: Berlin
Viotti Concerto a minor, Joachim “Hungarian” concerto, op. 11. Ref: NZfM (2/1/1879)

1879

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1/1/1879: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
First Performance of Brahms violin concerto, Beethoven violin concerto, Brahms violin concerto, Bach chaconne. Ref: NZfM (17/1/1879).

8/1/1879: Budapest
Johannes Brahms conducting, Johannes Brahms violin concerto. Ref: Wolfgang Ebert, “Johannes Brahms in Ungarn,” Studien zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 37 (1986) p. 110. (With review)

18/1/1879: Convictsaal, Prague
Ref: PT

18/2/1879: St James’s Hall, London
Grand Orchestral and Vocal Concerts with Miss Emma Beasley (vocal) and Herr Joachim (violin), including the first English performance of Baron Orezy, Hungarian Ballet Music from the opera, The Renegade (conducted by the composer). Ref: AHRC

22/02/1879: Crystal Palace, London
Joseph Joachim, Anne Marriott, Charles Santley, August Manns. First British performance of Brahms violin concerto. Ref: AHRC

8/3/1879: Joseph Joachim, Anne Marriott, Charles Santley, August Manns. First British performance of Brahms violin concerto. Ref: AHRC

13/3/1879: Cambridge University Musical Society, Cambridge
Concert including Schumann, Quartet in A minor, op.41/1 and Beethoven Quartet in C sharp minor, op.131, with Messrs Joachim, Ries, Zerbini and Piatti. Also, violin solos by Viotti and Joachim/Brahms, a cello and piano duet by Schumann (op.102) and songs by Brahms and Stanford, given by Mr Herbert E. Thorndike (vocal) and C.V. Stanford (piano) (with historical and descriptive notes on the Beethoven quartet, by ‘E.S.T.’).

20/3/1879: St James’s Hall, London
Philharmonic Society, W. G. Cusins, cond. Brahms violin concerto. Ref: Program (Schubertiade sale).

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12-26/9/1879: Concert tour with Johannes Brahms through Transylvania. Brahms violin concerto, works of Spohr, Bach, Schumann, Gluck and Schubert; Romanze from Joachim Hungarian concerto, op. 11; Brahms Cappricios, op. 73; Beethoven Kreutzer sonata. Ref: Renate and Kurt Hofmann, p. 146.

13/9/1879: Piano salon Pirnitzer, Budapest
Concert with Johannes Brahms.

15/9/1879: Timișoara
Concert with Johannes Brahms.

19/9/1879: Kronstadt
Concert with Johannes Brahms.

21/9/1879: Hermannstadt
Concert with Johannes Brahms.

23/9/1879: Klausenburg
Concert with Johannes Brahms.

26/12/1879-15/2/1880: Concertizing in Austria-Hungary. Ref: PT

1880

6/1/1880: Milan
Joachim and Bonawitz (piano), Joachim Hungarian Concerto, Hungarian Dances. Ref: Musical Times (1 February, 1880), p. 85.

30/1/1880: Budapest
Brahms violin concerto. Ref: Wolfgang Ebert, “Johannes Brahms in Ungarn,” Studien zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 37 (1986) p. 111. (With review)

11/2/1880: Sophieninselsaal, Prague
5:00 p.m. Recital with Johannes Brahms; Spohr Gesangsscene, 2 Rhapsodies of Brahms (Brahms), Bach Chaconne, Brahms sonata (unspecified), Hiller Adagio, Spohr Barcarolle, Paganini Caprice, Brahms-Joachim “Dva uherské tauce.” Ref: Prager Tagblatt, 11 February 1880.

28/2/1880: Crystal Palace, London
Spohr Concerto no. 12 in A, op. 79, Joachim Theme and Variations WoO in E minor first performance.
August Manns, conductor. Ref: program, Crystal Palace, London, 28 February 1880

18/3/1880: St James’s Hall, London
Philharmonic Society (W. G. Cusins, cond.), Brahms Violin Concerto. Ref: Morning Post (16 March, 1880), p. 1.

1881

22/2/1881: Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool
Bruch Scottish Fantasy Op.46 (UK premiere), Soloist Joseph Joachim, cond. Max Bruch.
Ref: Christopher Fifield: Max Bruch: His Life and Works

2/4/1881: Crystal Palace, London
Spohr Adagio and Allegro (Concerto no. 6), Joachim Variations WoO E minor. Ref: Program, Crystal Palace Saturday Concert 2 April 1881

The Scottish Fantasy was dedicated to Sarasate. Bruch felt that Joachim played poorly, and wrote “He calls Sarasate a clown, and makes fun of our relationship. It was exactly Joachim’s untrustworthiness and partisanship which drove me directly into Sarasate’s arms. Sarasate cares about modern works, because he has respect for them … Joachim takes no interest in them (apart from Brahms’ works), and plays them half-heartedly, and with inadequate technique, doing them more harm than good.” Christopher Fifield, Max Bruch: His Life and Works (London: Victor Gollancz, 1988; repr. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2005), pp. 168–9.

7/2/1881: Cambridge University Musical Society
(C. V. Stanford, cond.): Stanford “Elegiac” Symphony, Brahms violin concerto, Joachim violin variations e minor. Ref: Musical Times (1/4/1882); Bury and Norwich Post (14/3/1882).

10/3/1881: Cambridge University Musical Society
Beethoven, String Quartet in F Major, op.35 and Brahms, String Quartet in A minor, op.51/2 (Messrs Joachim, Gompertz, Ludwig and Hausmann). Also, Beethoven, Violin Sonata in G Major, op.26, Schumann, Märchenbilder for Cello and Piano, op.113 and a violin solo by Brahms-Joachim. Stanford and Miss Arnold (piano) (Program with brief historical notes). Ref: CP

11/11/1881 Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend; Schumann Quartet F Major, op. 40, Cherubini Quartet d minor, Beethoven Quartet C sharp minor, op. 131. Ref: JJC

14/11/1881: Cambridge University Musical Society
Brahms, Piano Quartet in G minor, op.26 (Messrs Stanford, Gompertz, Donkin and Whitehouse) and Beethoven, Serenade, Trio for Violin, Viola and Violoncello, op.8. Also, violin solos by Joachim and Sarasate (Gompertz), a cello solo by Boccherini (Whitehouse) and songs by Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Parry and Stanford (Mr Thorndike). Ref: CP

26/11/1881 Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante (Engelbert Röntgen, viola), Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Ref: AMZ (30/11/1881) p. 766.

1882

7/2/1881: Cambridge University Musical Society
(C. V. Stanford, cond.): Stanford “Elegiac” Symphony, Brahms violin concerto, Joachim violin variations e minor. Ref: Musical Times (1/4/1882); Bury and Norwich Post (14/3/1882).

23/2/1882: Hallé’s Concert, Manchester
Brahms violin concerto, Joachim violin variations e minor. Ref: Musical Times (1/4/1882); London Standard (27/3/1882).

27/02/1882: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Gustav Hollander, Alfredo Piatti, Agnes Zimmermann, Mr. Abercrombie. Ref: AHRC

7/3/1882: Cambridge University Musical Society, Cambridge
Concert including the first public performance of C.V. Stanford, Symphony (MS) in D minor ‘Elegiac’. Also, Beethoven, Overture ‘Coriolanus’, Wagner, Siegfried Idyll and concertante music for violin by Brahms and Joachim (Joachim, violin) (with brief historical notes). Ref: CP

18/03/1882: Crystal Palace London
Mrs Hutchinson, Miss Hope Glenn, Jospeh Joachim, August Manns. Brahms Violin Concerto, Joachim “Elegiac” Overture, op. 13. Ref: AHRC, Musical Times (1/4/1882):

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26/12/1882: Glasgow Choral Union. Ref: AHRC

1883

4/2/1883: Seventh Concert of the Musikgesellschaft, Basel
Mendelssohn a minor Symphony, Brahms Violin Concerto (first Swiss performance), Ouverture by Joachim (unspecified), Adagio by Viotti, Brahms-Joachim Hungarian Dances, Weber Freischütz Ouverture. Ref: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, vol. 50, no. 7 (9 February, 1883). p. 79.

10/03/1883: Crystal Palace, London
Joseph Joachim, Herr Krause, August Manns. Ref: AHRC

04/12/1882: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Carlotta Elliot, Dora Schirmacher, Adolf Pollizer, J. B. Zerbini, Mr,. Wiener, Alessandro Pezze. Ref: AHRC

1884

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25/02/1884: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Gustav Hollander, J. B. Zerbini, Alessandro Pezze, Alfredo Piatti, Agnes Zimmermann, Edith Santley. Ref: AHRC

03/03/1884: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Gustav Hollander, Alfredo Piatti, Clara Schumann, Miss Badia. Ref: AHRC

15/3/1884: Crystal Palace, London
Joachim, Manns (cond.), Mozart violin concerto in A Major, Joachim Variations for violin and orchestra. Ref: The South London Press, 22 March 1884: “This great Hungarian violinist introduced for the first time to an English audience a concerto by Mozart, in A Major, for violin and orchestra. The concerto was composed in 1775, at Salzburg, where Joachim discovered it some 25 years back, made a copy of it, and played it in Hanover. […] Herr Joachim later in the afternoon gave one of his compositions, ‘Variations for violin and orchestra,’ during which one of his violin strings broke, which accident was, however, soon remedied.”

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22/03/1884: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, J. B. Zerbini, Alfredo Piatti, Clara Schumann, Raimund von Zur Mühlen. Ref: AHRC

13/12/1884: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Drittes Fest-Concert zur Einweihung des neuen Gewandhauses zu Leipzig
Mozart, Concerto no. 5 in A Major; Spohr, Adagio from Concerto no. 6 (op. 28)

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1885

28/02/1885: Crystal Palace, London
Harper Kearton, Joseph Joachim, Robert Heckmann, Alfred Eyre, Crystal Palace Choir, August Manns. Ref: AHRC

13/03/1885: Guildhall, Cambridge
Cambridge University Musical Society. Joachim, “Hungarian” concerto; Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G minor; Beethoven Namensfeier Overture; Stanford, Elegaic Ode; Mozart, Symphony in D. Ref: Cambridge Chronicle and University Journal (6 March, 1885); CP

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14/03/1885: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday Popular Concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Edward Lloyd, Fanny Frickenhaus, Sidney Naylor, Charles Ould. Ref: AHRC

6/11/1885: Philharmonic Hall, Berlin
Mendelssohn-Feier, Stern’scher Gesang-Verein (Rudorff), All-Mendelssohn Program: 114 Psalm, op. 51, Violin Concerto, op. 64 (Joachim), Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op. 60. Ref: JJC

1886

15/3/1886: St. James’s Hall, London
Monday Popular Concerts. Joseph Joachim, Wilhelmine Norman-Neruda, Bach Concerto for Two Violins (accompanied on the piano by Miss Agnes Zimmermann); Mendelssohn Quintet in B flat for two Violins, two Violas, and Violoncello, Joachim, Norman-Neruda, Straus, Gibson, and Piatti. Ref: Program.

19/3/1886: Cambridge University Musical Society
Concert including Beethoven Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, given by J. Joachim (with historical and analytical notes by George Grove. Ref: CP

22/3/1886: St. James’s Hall, London
Monday Popular Concerts.
Joachim, Ries, Straus, and Piatti, Beethoven Quartet in C sharp Minor, O. 132; Bach Chaconne; Beethoven Trio in G Major, Fanny Davies, Joachim, Piatti. Ref: Program.

1887

16/2/1887: St. James’s Hall, London,
London Symphony Concerts.
Brahms violin concerto, Beethoven Romanze in F. Ref: The Graphic (5 March, 1887), p. 238; London Standard (16 February, 1887), p. 2.

24/2/1887: St. James’s Hall, London
London Symphony Concerts.
Brahms violin concerto, Beethoven Romanze in F. Ref: Morning Post (23 February, 1887) p. 1.

19/03/1887: Crystal Palace, London
Adelaide Mullen, Joseph Joachim, August Manns. First performance in England of Widor’s Symphony no. 2 in A, op. 54. Ref: AHRC

1/11/1887: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend; Schumann Quartet a minor, op. 41, Bargiel Quartet E flat Major, op. 74, Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 74. Ref: JJC

15/11/1887: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Recital with Fanny Davies. Beethoven Sonata in E-flat, Bach Chaconne, Brahms Sonata in A Major. Ref: Program.

1888

15/02/1888: London
George Henschel, Joseph Bennett, Joseph Joachim, Robert Hausmann. Henschel’s London symphony Concerts, Programme notes by Joseph Bennett. First performance in England of Brahms double concerto. Programme belonging to E. L. Jenkinson. Ref: AHRC

5/3/1888: Crystal Palace, London
London Standard review of Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts
Bach Concerto for Two Violins (with Geraldine Morgan), Brahms violin concerto. “Dr. Joachim rendered the performance of Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Orchestra incomparably beautiful, and the applause at its close was tumultuous. This is the third time Dr. Joachim has played this concerto here, the first being in February, 1879, and the second in March, 1882.” Ref: London Standard (5 March, 1888). [Joachim also played a Sarabande and Bourée by Bach] Review

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23-25/6/1888: Stuttgart Musikfest
Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77. Ref: SB 2/2, p. 1340 n. 4.

26/11/1888: Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin
Hans von Bülow, cond. Joachim Violin Concerto No. 3, Schumann Fantasie, op. 131.

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1889

23/1/1889: Große Saal, Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic, Woldemar Bargiel, cond. Concert of Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim. This was the last time Joachim and Clara Schumann appeared together. For the preparations, see: SB 2/2 p. 1361 ff. Program:
Schumann Fantasy, Joachim Hungarian Concerto (Clara Schumann played Chopin, Concerto No. 2 in F Minor). Ref: ALP

 

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29/1/1889: Rudolfinum, Prague
Recital with Carl Heinrich Barth, piano.

11/2/1889: Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
K.k. Hofopernorchester, Hans Richter, cond., Beethoven violin concerto, Spohr Adagio, Schumann Abendlied (orch. Joachim), Brahms violin concerto. Ref: Program RWE

22/2/1889: Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Richter, cond., Joseph Joachim “Hungarian” Violin Concerto, Hugo Reinhold Intermezzo scherzoso für Orchester, Robert Schumann Fantasie für Violine, op. 131, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Concerto for Violin in E minor, op. 64.  Ref: VPO

19/3/1889 Cambridge University Musical Society
Program and wordbook for various solo and ensemble vocal pieces sung during a dinner held by the Cambridge University Musical Society in honor of Dr Joachim. The program includes a seating plan listing all those in attendance, including George Grove and C.V. Stanford. Ref: CP

1890

22/02/1890: St James’s Hall: Saturday popular concerts
Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Lilian Henschel, Agnes Zimmermann. Ref: AHRC

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08/03/1890: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfredo Piatti, Reginald Groome, Caroline Geisler-Schubert, Mary Carmichael. Ref: AHRC

15/3/1890: Crystal Palace, London
Miss Alice Whitacre (vocal), Joseph Joachim (violin) and Ernest Gillet (cello) Brahms Concerto for Violin and Violoncello, Bach Chaconne. Ref: AHRC, STRAD

26/3/1890: Kinnaird Hall, Dundee
Joachim, Piatti, Davies, Spohr Adagio in e minor from the 11th concerto, two Brahms/Joachim Hungarian Dances. Ref: Dundee Advertiser (17 March, 1890), p. 5.

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1891

10/01/1891:  Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (II Cyclus); Beethoven Quartet A Major, op. 18, Beethoven Quartet F Minor, op. 95, Beethoven Quartet C Sharp Minor, op. 131. Ref: Program

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09/02/1891: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Fanny Davies, Joseph Joachim, Franz Friedrich Paersch, Bertha Moore, Ludwig Straus, Julian Egerton, William Wotton, Mr. Reynolds. Ref: AHRC

14/02/1891: St James’s Hall, London
Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfred Gibson, Alfredo Piatti, Orlando Harley, Max Pauer, Oliver King. Ref: AHRC

21/02/1891: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfred Gibson, W. E. Whitehouse, Alfredo Piatti. Braxton Smith, Agnes Zimmermann. Saturday popular concerts. Ref: AHRC

07/03/1891: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, Ludwig Straus, Alfred Gibson, Alfredo Piatti, Charles Santley, Fanny Davies, Sideny Naylor. Ref: AHRC

6/10 – 9/10/1891: Prospectus for 1891 Birmingham Musical Festival at the Town Hall. Performers: Emma Albani, Anna Williams, Edward Lloyd, Charles Santley, Mr Brereton, Mrs Brereton, Miss Macintyre, Hilda Wilson, Madame Hope Glenn, Iver McKay, Watkin Mills, George Henschel, Joseph Joachim, Hans Richter. Ref: AHRC

14/10/1891: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet B Major (49 in the Peters Edition), Mozart Quartet D Major, No. 10, Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 127. Ref: JJC

28/10/1891: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Bargiel Quartet d minor, op. 47, Schubert Quartet a minor, op. 29, Beethoven Quartet C Major, op. 59. Ref: JJC

9/11/1891: Berlin Concert Direction Hermann Wolf: REF

5/12/1891: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Mozart-Feier, Concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Mozart’s Death, for the benefit of a monument for Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in Berlin, Mozart Violin Concerto A Major. Ref: JJC

12/12/1891: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Richard Mühlfeld, Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Brahms Trio a minor for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello (Mscrpt.), Mozart Quartet G Major, Brahms Quintet B minor for Clarinet, two violins, viola and violoncello (Mscrpt.). Ref: JJC

29/12/1981: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (I Cyclus); All Beethoven Program, Quartet F major, op. 18, Quartet E flat Major, op 74, Quartet A Minor, op 132. Ref: JJC

1892

3/2/1892: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet D Major, op. 50 (No. 27 in the Peters Edition), Cherubini Quartet D Minor, Beethoven Quartet E Minor, op. 59, no. 2. Ref: JJC

16/2/1892: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Herzogenberg Quartet G Major, op. 42, Beethoven Quartet F Minor, op. 95, Schubert Quartet D Minor. Ref: JJC

12/3/1892: Crystal Palace, London
Madame Hope Glenn (vocal) and Joseph Joachim. Ref: AHRC

24/5/1892: Hoftheater, Weimar:

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15/10/1892: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse (for the ill de Ahna), Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet E flat Major, op. 64, Mozart Quartet D Minor, Beethoven Quartet B Major, op. 130. Ref: JJC

29/10/1892: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, de Ahna, Wirth, Hausmann), Bram Eldering, 2nd viola, 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Beethoven Quartet B Major, op. 18, Herzogenberg Quintet C Minor, op. 77, Schumann Quartet A Major, op. 41. Ref: JJC

14/12/1892: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), H. Dechert, 2nd violoncello, 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Mendelssohn Quartet E flat Major, op. 12, Haydn Quartet B Minor, Schubert Quintet C Major, op. 163.  “Zur Erinnerung an Heinrich de Ahna, gest. am 1. November 1892” Ref: JJC

29/12/1892: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (I Cyclus); Prinz Reuss Quartet F Major, Mozart Quartet D Major, no. 7, Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 127. Ref: JJC

1893 

1/1/1893: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Mozart A major Concerto; Schumann Gartenmelodie, Gade Caprice in A Minor (Reinecke ed.), Bach, Bourée and Double from the solo sonata in B Minor. Ref: Signale

14/1/1893: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (II Cyclus); All Beethoven Program: Quartet A Major, op. 18, Quartet F Minor, op. 95, Quartet C sharp Minor, op. 131. Ref: JJC

28/1/1893: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), Bram Eldering, 2nd viola, 2. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet D Minor, op. 76, Mozart Divertimento E flat Major for Violin, Viola and Violoncello, Brahms Quintet G Major, op. 111. Ref: JJC

9/2/1893: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Cherubini Quartet E flat Major, Schumann Quartet A Minor, op. 41, Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op 74. Ref: JJC

12/4/1893: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (II Cyclus); Mozart Quartet B Major, no. 9, d’Albert Quartet II E flat Major, op. 11 (neu), Beethoven Quartet E Minor, op. 59, no. 2. Ref: JJC

14/10/1893: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), Bram Eldering, 2nd viola, 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet F Major, op. 77, Beethoven Quartet F Minor, op. 95, Mozart Quintet G Minor. Ref: JJC

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31/1/1894: Scottish Orchestra Company, Popular Orchestral Concerts
Beethoven violin concerto. Ref: AHRC , Dundee Evening Telegraph (1/2/1894).

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13/10/1894: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet C Major, Mozart Quartet G Major, Beethoven Quartet E Minor, op. 59, no. 2. Ref: JJC

27/10/1894: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Beethoven Quartet C Minor, op. 18, Brahms Quartet B Major, op. 67, Schubert Quartet C Major, op. 163,  Ref: JJC

13/12/1894: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), Schrattenholz, 2nd violoncello, 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Klughardt Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 violoncelli G Minor, op. 62 (neu), Mozart Quartet E flat Major, Brahms Sextet B Major, op. 18. Ref: JJC

14/12/1894: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Gedächtnisfeier für Hermann von Helmholtz / Memorial Concert for Hermann von Helmholtz, Schumann Abendlied. Ref: JJC

28/12/1894: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (II Cyclus); All-Beethoven Program: Quartet A Major, op. 18, Quartet C Major, op. 59, Quartet A Minor, op. 132. Ref: JJC

1895

12/1/1895: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet G Major, op. 77, Dvorák Quartet E flat Major, op. 51, Beethoven Quartet F Minor, op. 95. Ref: JJC

24/1/1895: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), Andreas Moser, 2nd viola, 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Mozart Quintet D Major, Cherubini Quartet E flat Major, Brahms Quintet G Major, op. 111. Ref: JJC

22/2/1895: Vestry Hall, Hampstead, UK
Mixed Program, Hampstead Popular Concerts. Ref: Program

30/03/1895: Crystal Palace, London
Agnes Janson, Joseph Joachim, Emily Shinner, Sir Arthur Sullivan. Ref: AHRC

27/4/1895: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet C Major, op. 54, no. 2, Mozart Quartet F Major, Beethoven Quartet C sharp Minor, op. 131. Ref: JJC

12/10/1895: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet G Major, Mozart Quartet A Major, Beethoven Quartet B Major, op. 130. Ref: JJC

26/10/1895: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Mozart Quartet D Minor, Dvorák Quartet C Major, op 61, Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 127. Ref: JJC

11/12/1895: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), Dechert, 2nd violoncello, 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet F Major (no. 14 in the Peters Edition), Brahms Quartet A Minor, op. 51, Schubert Quintet C Major, op. 163. Ref: JJC

28/12/1895: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir (for Kruse), Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (I Cyclus); All-Beethoven Program: Quartet E-flat Major, op. 74, Quartet G Major, op. 18, Quartet C sharp Minor, op. 131. Ref: JJC

1896

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11/1/1896: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), Moser, 2nd viola, Dechert, 2nd violoncello, 1. Abend (II Cyclus); Mozart Quartet D Major, no. 10, Brahms Sextet G Major, op. 36, Beethoven Quartet E Minor, op. 59. Ref: JJC

22/1/1896: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet B Major, op. 76, H. von Herzogenberg Quartet F Minor, op. 63, Beethoven Quintet C Major, op. 29 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola). Ref: JJC

1/2/1896: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Mendelssohn Quartet e minor, op. 44, no. 2, Beethoven Quartet A Major, op. 18, Schubert Quartet D Minor. Ref: JJC

07/03/1896: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Louis Ries, George A. Clinton, Paul Ludwig, Ada Crossley, Gospodin Sapellnikoff, Henry Bird.  Ref: AHRC

15/4/1896: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet B Minor, no. 32 in Peters Edition, Mozart Quartet B Major, no. 9, Beethoven Quartet A Minor, op. 132. Ref: JJC

7/5/1896: Philharmonic Hall, Berlin
Jubelfeier des 200jährigen Bestehens, Königliche Akademie der Künste zu Berlin. Spitta/Bruch Moses, op. 67 (Joachim, cond.). Ref: JJC

10/10/1896: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet B Major, op. 64, Mozart Quartet E flat Major, Beethoven Quartet F Major, op. 59. Ref: JJC

28/10/1896: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Beethoven Quartet B Major, op. 18, Schubert Quartet G Major, op. 161, Brahms Quintet F Major, op. 88 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola).  Ref: JJC

13/12/1896: Saale des Saalbaues, Frankfurt

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1897

24/1/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (II Cyclus); All-Beethoven Concert: Quartet D Major, op. 18, Quartet f minor, op. 95, Quartet F Major, op. 135. Ref: JJC

2/2/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet B Major, op. 71, no. 1, Brahms Quartet A Minor, op. 51, Schubert Quartet D Minor. Ref: JJC

17/2/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Mendelssohn Quartet E flat Major, op. 12, Beethoven Quartet A Minor, op. 132, Mozart Quintet G Minor (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola). Ref: JJC

22/4/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Kruse, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (II Cyclus); Johannes Brahms zum Gedächtniss/Johannes Brahms Memorial Concert: Quartet C Minor, op. 51, Sextet B Major, op. 18, Quintet G Major, op. 111 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola; Hugo Dechert, 2nd violoncello). Ref: JJC

16/10/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet C Major, Mozart Quartet D Minor, Beethoven Quartet C sharp Minor, op. 131. Ref: JJC

31/10/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Schumann Quartet F Major, op. 41, Stanford Quartet D Minor, op. 64, Beethoven Quartet E Minor, op. 59. Ref: JJC

6/11/1897: Hall of the Königl. Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
Works of Robert Kahn. Program, courtesy of John Maltese: 

24/11/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet G Minor, op. 74, Brahms Quartet B Major, op. 67 (“Herrn Prof. Engelmann gewidmet”), Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 74. Ref: JJC

8/12/1897: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (I Cyclus); Mozart Quartet G Major, Mendelssohn Quintet B Major, op. 87 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola), Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 127. Ref: JJC

1898

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21/03/1898: St James’s Hall, London
Saturday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Johann Secundus Kruse, Emanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann, Beatrice Spencer, Henry Bird. Ref: AHRC

28/03/1898: St James’s Hall, London
Monday popular concerts. Joseph Joachim, Johann Secundus Kruse, Emanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann, Lilian Henschel, Henry Bird, Ref: AHRC

1899

28/2/1899 Town Hall, Birmingham
Mr. Halford’s Orchestral Concerts. Ref: AHRC

18/2/1899: Singakademie, Berlin
Chamber music concert to benefit the victims of a flood in Bavaria. Program, courtesy of John Maltese:

25/4 – 10/5 1901: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. Handbill for Joachim Quartet concerts 1901. Ref: AHRC

27/04/1901: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann, Alfred Hobday, Percy Such. Second Joachim Quartet concert. Ref: AHRC

4/5/1901: Queen’s Hall (afternoon), London
Harold Bauer (piano, first appearance at Queen’s Hall) and Dr. Joachim (violin), conducted by Henry J. Wood. Ref: AHRC, AHRC(2)

9/5 – 23/5 1901: Donald Francis Tovey. Handbill for three recitals. Ref: AHRC

1902

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26/4 – 15/5 1902: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann, Handbill for Joachim Quartet concerts 1902. Ref: AHRC

26/04/1902: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. First Joachim Quartet concert 1902. Ref: AHRC

28/04/1902: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. Second Joachim Quartet concert 1902. Ref: AHRC

08/05/1902: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann, Alfred Gibson. Fifth Joachim Quartet concert 1902. Ref: AHRC

03/11/1902: Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik, Berlin
G. F. Handel, Messiah, Joseph Joachim, conductor. Ref: Chronik der Königlichen Akademie der Künste (1903), 53.

1903

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20/1/1903: Meininger Hofkapelle (Steinbach), Marburg

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25/4 – 14/5 1903: St. James’s Hall, London
Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. Handbill for Joachim Quartet concerts 1903. Ref: AHRC

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17/5 – 21/5 1903: Beethoven Chamber Music Festival, Bonn.

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1904

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23/4 – 12/5 1904: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. Handbill for Joachim Quartet concerts 1904. Ref: AHRC

25/04/1904: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. Second Joachim Quartet concert 1904. Ref: AHRC

02/05/1904: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. Fourth Joachim Quartet concert 1904. Ref: AHRC

09/05/1904: Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Emmanuel Wirth, Robert Hausmann. Sixth Joachim Quartet concert 1904. Ref: AHRC

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13/10/1904: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Mozart Quartet B Major, no. 3, Haydn Quartet F Minor(Peters no. 47), Beethoven Quartet B Major, op. 130. Ref: JJC

24/11/1904: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet C Major, op. 54, no. 2, Brahms Quartet B Major, op. 67, Beethoven Quartet E Minor, op. 59, no. 2. Ref: JJC

29/12/1904: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (I Cyclus); Schubert Quartet A Minor, op. 29, Beethoven Quartet B Major, op. 18, no. 6, Brahms Quintet no. 2 G Major, op. 111 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola). Ref: JJC

1905

12/1/1905: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (II Cyclus); All-Beethoven Program: Quartet A Major, op. 18, no. 5, Quartet F Minor, op. 95, Quartet E flat Major, op. 127. Ref: JJC

28/2/1905: (Berlin Cathedral), Berlin
Geistliches Konzert für die Frauenhilfe, Emmy Dessin, Marie Götze, Joseph Joachim, Kawerau and H. Prüfer (conds.), Königl. Hof- und Domchor, members of the Königl. Kapelle and Königl. Hochschule für Musik. Joachim: J. S. Bach Concerto A Minor, Beethoven Romanze G Major, op. 40. Ref: JJC

2/3/1905: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet B Major, op. 76, L. 2, Mendelssohn Quartet E Minor, op. 44, Beethoven Quartet A Minor, op. 132. Ref: JJC

6/4/1905: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (II Cyclus); Beethoven Quartet C Minor, op. 18, no. 4, Mozart Quintet E flat Major, Brahms Sextet no. 2, G Major, op. 36 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola; Hugo Dechert, 2nd violoncello) Ref: JJC

10/4/1905: Philharmonic Hall, Berlin
Concert zum Besten des Pensionsfonds des Berliner Philharmonischen Orchesters, (Nikisch, cond.), All-Beethoven Concert: Leonore Overture no. 2, Triple Concerto, op. 56 (Joachim, Hausmann, Georg Schumann), Symphony no. 3 in E flat Major, op. 55 (Eroica). Ref: JJC

12/10/1905: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet G Major, op. 17, Mozart Quartet D Minor, Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 74. Ref: JJC

9/11/1905: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet G Minor, op. 74, no. 3, Brahms Quartet A Minor, op. 51, no. 2, Beethoven Quintet C Major, op. 29 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola). Ref: JJC

30/11/1905: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Schumann Quartet A Major, op. 41, no. 3, Mozart Quartet B Major (Peters No. 9), Beethoven Quartet C sharp Minor, op. 131. Ref: JJC

28/12/1905: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (I Cyclus); Beethoven Quartet D Major, op. 18, no. 3, Brahms Quartet C Minor, op. 51, no. 1, Schubert Quintet C Major, op. 163 (Hugo Dechert, 2nd violoncello). Ref: JJC

1906

1/2/1906: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (II Cyclus); All-Mozart Program: Quartet A Major, Trio (Divertimento) E flat Major, Quintet C Major (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola). Ref: JJC

1/3/1906: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn, Quartet F Major, op. 77, no. 2, Cherubini Quartet no. 1, D Minor, Schubert Quartet G Major, op. 161. Ref: JJC

15/3/1906: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (II Cyclus); All-Brahms Program: Quartet no. 3, B Major, op. 67, Quintet no. 1, F Major, op. 88, Sextet no. 1, B Major, op. 18 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola; Hugo Dechert, 2nd violoncello). Ref: JJC

3/5/1906:

7/5/1906:

10/5/1906: Bechstein Hall, London
Joachim, Borwick, Sonatas of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms. Ref: The Times, London, 5 May, 1906.

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12/5/1906:

14/5/1906: Bechstein Hall, London
Joachim, Davies, Hausman, Trios of Beethoven and Brahms. Ref: The Times, London, 5 May, 1906.

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11/10/1906: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Karl Klingler substituting for Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (I Cyclus); Haydn Quartet C Major, op. 74, no. 1 (Peters no. 28), Mozart Quartet D Major, no. 24 (KV 499), Beethoven Quartet E flat Major, op. 127. Ref: JJC

13/10/1906: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
All-Bach Program for the benefit of the Bach Birth-house in Eisenach, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Georg Schumann, cond.), Jeannette Grumbacher – de Jong, Frieda Kwast – Hodapp, Joseph Joachim, Carl Halir, Bruno Hinze-Reinhold, August Scharrer; Bach Double Violiin Concerto (Joachim, Halir). Ref: JJC

8/11/1906: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Karl Klingler substituting for Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (I Cyclus); Schubert Quartet A Minor, op. 29, Beethoven Quartet F Major, op. 18, no.1, Schumann Quartet A Minor, op. 41, no. 1. Ref: JJC

13/12/1906: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Karl Klingler substituting for Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (I Cyclus); Mendelssohn Quartet E flat Major, op. 12, no. 2, Brahms Quartet A Minor, op. 51, no. 2, Beethoven Quartet F Major, op. 59., no. 1. Ref: JJC

1907

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10/1/1907: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Karl Klingler substituting for Wirth, Hausmann), 1. Abend (II Cyclus); All-Beethoven Concert: Quartet A Major, op. 18, no. 5, Quartet F Major, op. 135, Quartet op. 59, no. 3. Ref: JJC

31/1/1907: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Karl Klingler substituting for Wirth, Hausmann), 2. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet G Major, op. 64, no. 4 (Peters no. 34), Beethoven Quartet B Major, op. 18, no. 6, Schubert Quintet C Major, op. 163 (Hugo Dechert, 2nd violoncello). Ref: JJC

28/2/1907: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Karl Klingler substituting for Wirth, Hausmann), 3. Abend (II Cyclus); Mozart Quartet B Major (“Hunt”), Schumann Quartet F Major, op. 41, no. 2, Brahms Quintet G Major, op. 111, no. 2 (Andreas Moser, 2nd viola). Ref: JJC

7/3/1907: Bösendorfer Saal, Vienna
Third Joachim Chamber Music Soiree, Joachim Quartet. Beethoven, String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No.4, G Major, Op. 18, No. 2, F minor, Op. 95, F major, Op. 135. Ref: Schenker

8/3/1907: Bösendorfer Saal, Vienna
Fourth Joachim Chamber Music Soiree, Joachim Quartet. Beethoven String Quartet in B flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6, F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, A Minor, Op. 132. Ref: Schenker

9/3/1907: Bösendorfer Saal, Vienna
Fifth Joachim Chamber Music Soiree, Joachim Quartet. Beethoven, String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 18, No. 5, E flat Major, Op. 74 (“Harp”), C# Minor, Op. 131. Ref: Schenker

6/4/1907: Sing-Akademie, Berlin
Joachim Quartet (Joachim, Halir, Wirth, Hausmann), 4. Abend (II Cyclus); Haydn Quartet E flat Major, op. 64, no. 6, Beethoven Quartet D Major, op. 18, no. 3, Schubert Quartet D Minor, op. posth. (“Death and the Maiden”).  Ref: JJC


 

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Early American Performances of Joachim’s “Hungarian” Concerto, op. 11

13 Tuesday Aug 2019

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Early American Performances of Joachim’s “Hungarian” Concerto, op. 11

1868

10 December, Harvard Musical Association, Boston, (first movement) Bernhard Listemann, violin.

1881

25 November, Boston Symphony Orchestra, open rehearsal, Boston Music Hall, Bernhard Listemann, violin, George Henschel, conductor.

26 November, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Music Hall, Bernhard Listemann, violin, George Henschel, conductor. Program

1886

29 October, Boston Symphony Orchestra, (first movement) open rehearsal, Boston Music Hall, Franz Kneisel, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor.

30 October, Boston Symphony Orchestra, (first movement), Boston Music Hall, Franz Kneisel, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor. Program

1902

11 April, Boston Symphony Orchestra, (first movement) open rehearsal, Symphony Hall Boston, Felix Winternitz, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor. Program

12 April, Boston Symphony Orchestra, (first movement) open rehearsal, Symphony Hall Boston, Felix Winternitz, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor. Program

1904

21 October, Boston Symphony Orchestra, open rehearsal, Symphony Hall Boston, Willy Hess, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor. Program

22 October, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall Boston, Willy Hess, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor. Program

31 October, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Academy of Music Philadelphia, Willy Hess, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor. Program

3 November, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall New York, Willy Hess, violin, Wilhelm Gericke, conductor. Program

1909

22 October, Boston Symphony Orchestra, open rehearsal, Symphony Hall Boston, Willy Hess, violin, Max Fiedler, conductor. Program

23 October, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall Boston, Willy Hess, violin, Max Fiedler, conductor. Program

1916

11 February Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall Boston, Anton Witek, violin, Karl Muck, conductor. Program

12 February Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall Boston, Anton Witek, violin, Karl Muck, conductor. Program

16 February Boston Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Theatre Baltimore, Anton Witek, violin, Karl Muck, conductor. Program

18 February Boston Symphony Orchestra, Academy of Music Brooklyn, Anton Witek, violin, Karl Muck, conductor. Program

16 March Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall New York, Anton Witek, violin, Karl Muck, conductor. Program

18 March Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall New York, Anton Witek, violin, Karl Muck, conductor. Program

1926

4, 7 November, New York Philharmonic, Albert Spalding, violin, Walter Damrosch, conductor.


Program Note, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 11,12 April, 1902. (Philip Hale)

FIRST MOVEMENT OF THE HUNGARIAN CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, OPUS 11
JOSEPH JOACHIM

(Born at Kittsee, near Pressburg, June 28, 1831; now living at Berlin.)

From 1853 to 1868 Joachim was in the service of blind George V. at Hanover. He was solo violinist to the King, conductor of symphony concerts, and he was expected to act as concert-master in performances of the more important operas, that the strings might thereby be improved. His yearly vacation was five months long, and he was allowed in winter to make extended concert tours. It was at Hanover that Joachim wrote his overtures, “Hamlet,” “Demetrius,” “Henry IV.,” an overture to a comedy by Gozzi, and one to the memory of von Kleist; the Third Violin Concerto (G major), Nocturne for Violin and Orchestra (Op. 12), Variations for Viola and Piano, Hebrew Melodies, pieces for violin and piano, and the Hungarian Concerto.

The Hungarian Concerto, dedicated to Johannes Brahms, was written in the fifties. Joachim played it at the first of the London Philharmonic Concerts in 1859, early in April. He played it at Hanover, March 24, 1860. Dr. Georg Fischer, in “Opern und Concerte im Hoftheater zu Hannover bis I866,” speaks of the work as one of “great seriousness and deep passion, execdingly difficult, abounding in double stopping and three-voiced passages. It is also very long: it lasted forty minutes.” Joachim played it in 1861 in Vienna, Budapest, and other towns. Hanslick wrote: “The first movement, which is the broadest and most richly developed, is striking on account of the well-sustained tone of proud and almost morose passion. In its unbridled freedom it sometimes assumes the character of a rhapsody or prelude.” The Pesth Lloyd Zeitung exclaimed: “this is the means by which the type of Hungarian national music will ripen into artistically historical and universal significance; and we have a double reason for being delighted that Hungary possesses in its patriotic countryman a great instrumental artist, who bears the spirit of Hungarian music upon eagle’s pinions through the wide world.” Many rhapsodies have been written upon this theme. Here is a favorable example, which I quote without correction: “Every idea of displaying virtuosity foreign to his intention, he flew to his violin on the contrary as his most faithful friend and companion to clothe in outward form what resounded and vibrated in his soul, combining with the violin, however, the orchestra, on at least a footing of perfect equality.” The following paragraph from the Illustrated Times (London), 1862, shows that Joachim was then strongly Hungarian: “To put Herr before the name of Joachim the musician, who by simply playing the Rakoczy march on his violin raises the patriotic enthusiasm of his compatriots to the highest pitch, and thus produces as great an effect as the most successful orator could obtain, is not only a mistake, but almost an insult.”

Andreas Moser, in his “Joseph Joachim” (Berlin, 1898),—a long drawn-out and fawning eulogy,—speaks of this concerto as follows: “It is the mature outcome of Joachim’s intimate knowledge of the national music of his native country. In his childhood scarcely a day passed in which he did not hear the intoxicating strains of gypsy music, and the repeated visits which he paid to his home only tended to strengthen his love for the characteristic melodies, harmonies, and rhythm of the Magyar folksongs and dances.” Moser mentions the technical difficulties, and adds: “It taxes severely the player’s physical strength and power of endurance. … But another difficulty exists in addition to these for all those not Hungarian by birth: that of bringing out adequately the national characteristics of the concerto.”

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The first movement of this concerto was played by Mr. Bernhard Listemann at a concert of the Harvard Musical Association, Dec. 10, 1868. Mr. Listemann played the whole concerto on Nov. 26, 1881, at a Symphony Concert. Mr. Kneisel played the first movement at a Symphony Concert, Oct. 30, 1886.

The concerto was played at Berlin, March 1, 1889, at the concert in honor of Joachim’s jubilee. The first movement was played by Hugo Olk, the second by Johann Kruse, the third by Henri Petri, all of them pupils of the composer.


Program note, NY Philharmonic, 4,7 November, 1926

“HUNGARIAN CONCERTO”
Joachim

Kitseee, 1831 Berlin, 1907

Joachim spent the greater part of his time from 1853 to 1868 in Hanover. He was solo violinist to the blind king, George V. and conductor of the symphony concerts. He was
expected to act as concert master in all the principal opera performances so as to improve the quality of the strings. He busied himself with chamber music and teaching. He had occasional leave of absence for concert tours in winter and five months vacation in summer. Without slighting his other labors he managed also to write a surprisingly large amount of music. The “Concerto in the Hungarian Style” provoked loud reverberations. Even Brahms (to whom it is dedicated) and Clara Schumann hailed it extravagantly. Clara was moved by it “to tears of joy” — the same Clara, who as late as 1864 was protesting that she could find in Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” not one page of what she regarded as music! Hans lick acclaimed it rousingly in Vienna and across the Hungarian border the “Pester Lloyd” newspaper cried out: “This is the means by which the type of Hungarian national music will ripen into artistically historical and universal significance!” and spoke of Joachim as bearing the message of Hungarian music on eagle pinions through the world. Today the concerto has almost dropped from the repertoire. Its last performance here was a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in March, 1916. Anton Witek, then concert master, was the violinist. Dr. Karl Muck conducted.

The work was written in the summer of 1857. Joachim first played it at a concert of the London Philharmonic, May 2, 1859. The following year he revised it, retaining the themes but making fundamental alterations in the solo part. This version he brought out at the Düsseldorf Festival and in Hanover. The leading critic of the last named city saluted it as “a work of great seriousness and deep passion, exceedingly difficult, abounding in double stopping and three-voiced passages.” He also added with respectful awe: “It is very long, it lasts forty minutes.” The London “Illustrated Times” said that the concerto “made it almost an insult” to put “Herr” before the name of so perfect a Hungarian as Joachim.

In America the first movement was played by Bernhard Listeman [sic] of Boston, as early as 1861. In subsequent years the interpreters of the concerto included besides Mr. Listeman Messrs. Winternitz, Hess and the late Franz Kneisel. Philip Hale recalls a singular performance in Berlin given as part of Joachim’s jubilee ceremonies in 1889 at which Hugo Olk, Johann Kruse and Henri Petri, all pupils of the composer, played a movement each.

The principal, theme, of melancholy character, is enunciated by the ‘cellos at the outset and then reiterated by the violins. The second theme appears in the wood-wind and the solo violin enters with passagework afterwards taking the first melody. A characteristically Hungarian cadence is a feature of this theme and figures prominently in the development. There is abundant passage and decorative work for the soloist and an elaborate, partly accompanied cadenza.

In the romanza the violinist introduces the theme and then adorns it. The finale is an alla zingara, oscillating between D major and D minor, which Moser compared with the flashing “friska” of a Hungarian rhapsody.

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Joachim Committee Concerts, 1903

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Spring Season

Thanks to Mr. David Wyatt for the images.

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A Collection of Programs, 1881-1907

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A collection of programs from 1881-1907 including many from the Joachim Quartet concerts at the Berlin Singakademie, the program from Joachim’s 60th anniversary concert, and programs from Amalie Joachim’s historic song recitals.


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Joachim Committee Concerts, 1906

02 Thursday Jan 2014

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© Robert W. Eshbach 2014


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A series of concerts devoted entirely to the compositions of Johannes Brahms, and performed by the Joachim Quartet, assisted by Richard Mühlfeld and others. “The scheme, undertaken for the first time in this or any other country, will allow of the performance of the whole of Brahms’s Chamber Music Works written for more than two instruments, and, in addition, of two of the Violin Sonatas, the two Violoncello Sonatas, and the Two Sets of ‘Liebeslieder Waltzes.’” […] “The Bust of Johannes Brahms exhibited in the vestibule is a replica of that of the Brahms Monument at Meiningen, by Adolf Hildebrand.”

Venue Info: 1901: built as the Bechstein Hall; capacity: 550. 1916: everything auctioned off; 1917: reopened as the Wigmore Hall. Source: London Encyclopaedia

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Wednesday Afternoon, 21 November

Joachim Committee Concerts (autumn season): Concert no. 1

Queen’s Hall, London

Friday Evening, 23 November

Joachim Committee Concerts (autumn season): Concert no. 2

Bechstein Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, London

Monday Evening, 26 November

Joachim Committee Concerts (autumn season): Concert no. 3

Bechstein Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, London

Wednesday Afternoon, 28 November, 3 pm precisely

Joachim Committee Concerts (autumn season): Concert no. 4

Bechstein Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, London

• Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio no. 2 in C Major, op. 87

            Donald Francis Tovey, piano; Joseph Joachim, violin; Robert Hausmann, cello

            • Johannes Brahms, String Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 51, no. 1

            Joseph Joachim, violin 1; Carl Halir, violin 2; Karl Klingler, viola, Robert Hausmann, cello

            • Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, op. 25

            Donald Francis Tovey, piano, Joseph Joachim, violin; Karl Klingler, viola; Robert Hausmann, cello

Monday Evening, 3 December

Joachim Committee Concerts (autumn season): Concert no. 5

Bechstein Hall, Wigmore Street, W1, London

Wednesday Afternoon, 5 December

Joachim Committee Concerts (autumn season): Concert no. 6

Queen’s Hall

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