Boston Chamber Music Society
When:
Sunday, Oct 20, 2019 7:30p -
10:00p
Sunday, Oct 20, 2019 7:30p -
10:00p
Where:
Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
$27 - 63
Categories:
Art, Date Idea, Music, Nightlife, Performing Arts, Social Good
Event website:
http://www.bostonchambermusic.org/?concerts=schumann-harbison-brahms-10-20-2019-sanders#.Xae69XdFzIU
Venue: Sanders Theatre
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 (1846)
John Harbison
Sonata for Viola and Piano (2018) (Boston Premiere)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26 (1861)
Yura Lee, violin
Marcus Thompson, viola
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Max Levinson & Judith Gordon, piano
Though Clara Schumann was one of the most renowned pianists of her era, her Piano Trio in G minor is hardly piano-centric — from the sighing motives of the opening Allegro moderato to the earnest lyricism of the Andante, the work engages the three instruments equally in expressing its quintessentially Romantic themes.
In his Sonata for Viola and Piano, celebrated Bostonian composer (and violist) John Harbison provides an intimate portrait of his preferred instrument. The work unfolds in six brief movements that bring forth the soulful sonorities at the heart of the viola sound.
Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quartet in A major is both a clear tribute to Schubert and distinctly Brahmsian in its imaginative counterpoint, robust scale and incorporation of Hungarian Gypsy music. The longest of Brahms’s chamber works, the quartet was received with high approbation at its Vienna debut in 1862.
