Haunting horn

Would you like to hear something beautifully sad?  Have a listen to the third movement of the Brahms Horn Trio in Eb.  I have been informed it was originally written for the valve-less horn because Brahms played it as a child and his mother loved to hear him play (and probably pushed him to play more).  Then when she died  he wrote this for her, knowing the eerie sound that only the valveless horn can create.  So his grief was expressed.  Sophie had a friend over from Switzerland yesterday and they sight read it with Jbird while I worked on an essay.  I love those moments in life.