Janine Jansen Archive

In spirit and form the Septet Opus 20 by Beethoven follows the model of 18th-century divertimentos, a lighter entertainment in a range of short movements. It opens, however, with an almost symphonic movement, complete with …

César Franck’s Violin Sonata in A was composed in 1886, and was offered as a wedding present to the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. The sonata has become one of the most performed violin works in the …

Mozart’s third concerto in G major is a work of very considerable charm, a fine example of how Mozart was experimenting with adventurous ideas while still adhering to a Classical idiom. It reveals common ground …

After visiting Schubert some time during February 1824, the painter Moritz von Schwind wrote to their mutual friend Franz von Schober: ‘Schubert has now long been at work on an octet, with the greatest enthusiasm. …

French composer Claude Debussy was too sick to be called up for military service when World War I broke out in 1914. His private battle with cancer on top of his nation’s battle with Germany …