John and Rita Davies, from South Cheshire Recorded Music Society, presented a programme entitled Brahms and the Schumanns, on July 25.
Mr Davies told the life story of Robert Schumann, his marriage to Clara Wieck, and his ultimate mental decline, and related how Johannes Brahms became a firm friend of the family.
Mrs Davies read letters from various people involved in their story - one from Schumann's mum to his piano teacher, ones from Clara to family and friends, and from their daughters Eugenie and Maria, the latter describing the first meeting with Brahms.
The narrative was interspersed by music such as the end of Schumann's Piano Concerto, three short pieces written in 1838, the second movement of Clara's Piano Concerto, written when in her teens, Brahms' Hungarian Dance number four, and the fourth movement of his Clarinet Sonata.
The programme ended with the final part of Brahms' German Requiem, How Lovely are thy dwellings.
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