Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24, is the fifth of Beethoven's ten sonatas for piano and violin. Composed between 1800 and1801, it was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, a patron to whom the fourth violin sonata, the string quintet of the same year, and the seventh symphony were also dedicated. One of the most popular of Beethoven's sonatas for piano and violin, the music’s lively, cheerful quality makes its familiar name, 'Spring,' most appropriate.-- Wikipedia

Paul Schoenfield (1947 - ) "The idea to compose Café Music first came to me in 1985 after sitting in one night for the pianist at Murray's Restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Murray's employs a house trio which plays entertaining dinner music in a wide variety of styles. My intention was to write a kind of high-class dinner music – music which could be played at a restaurant, but might also (just barely) find its way into a concert hall. The work draws on many of the types of music played by the trio at Murray's. For example, early 20th century American, Viennese, light classical, gypsy, and Broadway styles are all represented. A paraphrase of a beautiful Chassidic melody is incorporated in the second movement. Café Music was commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and received its premiere during a SPCO chamber concert in January 1987. -- Paul Schoenfield

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) The Piano Quintet in F Minor began life as a string quintet. Brahms then transformed it into a sonata for two pianos before changing it once more, into its current form as a piano quintet. Brahms allowed this final version to be published in 1865. It is now considered to be the composer’s most epic piece of chamber music, and one of the ten most important works in the entire chamber literature. -- Melvin Berger’s “Guide to Chamber Music”

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