# Tabea Zimmermann, viola and Javier Perianes, piano

Considered perhaps the world’s greatest violist, Tabea Zimmermann took a very rare American recital tour this spring with Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, stopping at just a few fortunate venues. Known for enthralling, revelatory performances and recordings, the artists performed masterworks of the viola repertoire: Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Brahms’ second viola sonata, the poignant Lachrymae by Benjamin Britten, based on a song by John Dowland, and Shostakovich’s op. 147 sonata, completed a month before the composer’s death. Viola aficionados enjoyed the chance to hear Zimmermann perform two encores (included here) on the Library’s remarkable Stradivari Fulton, ex-Baird, Tuscan-Medici viola, made in 1690. This video includes excerpts from the program, including music by Rober Schumann, Brahms, and Clara Schumann.

\[00:30\] Robert Schumann/Tabea Zimmermann, Fantasiestücke, op. 73 \[13:39\] Johannes Brahms, Sonata for Viola and Piano in E-flat major, op. 120/2 \[38:20\] Clara Schumann/Tabea Zimmermann, Drei Romanczen, op. 22 I. Andante molto \[43:22\] Robert Schumann, Märchenbilder, op. 113 IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 49 min
- By: Zimmermann, Tabea
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11905/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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