Escher Quartet plays Schubert; David Shifrin is the soloist Weber’s Clarinet Quintet
Schubert's String Quartet in G dates from June, 1826, was published posthumously in 1851; it's been recorded by more than 20 different ensembles!
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The Gathering Grounds
The University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra plays Mozart, Brahms and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Brahms’ Opus 111 String Quintet and Weber’s Grand Duo Concertante on the “Evening Concert”
Brahms' Opus 111 String Quintet was written in 1890. It is the second of those works in that form and uses the two viola arrangement like the First String Quintet; music from "The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center" and the “Spoleto Chamber Music Festival”.
The Escher Quartet plays Haydn, then Mozart’s “Clarinet Quintet” on “The Evening Concert”
Haydn's "Sun" Quartets [his Opus 20] are called that because there is an image of the sun on the cover of the publication of those six string quartets.
Beethoven Clarinet Trio and Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” on “Music Mountain”
The clarinet is central to the compositions on tonight's "Music Mountain". Alexander Fiterstein is featured. His playing was praised by the New York Times for its 'beautiful liquid clarity'.