This lecture performance will highlight the relationship between the clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld and composer Johannes Brahms. What was so alluring about Richard Mühlfeld’s playing that made Brahms come out of self-proclaimed retirement, which led him to compose 4 masterworks for 19^th century clarinet repertoire, which also eventually became Brahms' own swansong? Brahms' Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 will be performed by David Kwek, clarinet and Wayne Wang, piano.