Brahms’ Two String Sextets from “Music Mountain” on the “Evening Concert”
The St. Petersburg [String] Quartet formed in Russia in 1985. That's more than 100 years after the compostion of the works they play tonight on the Evening Concert.
Another week of amazing performances on the “Evening Concert”: Brahms, Respighi, Mozart and more
Two "String Sextet"s by Brahms, Respighi's "Roman Festivals", Mozart's 25th Symphony and more on this week's Evening Concert.
St. Petersburg String Quartet with Ricardo Cavalcante de Oliveira, Viola on “Music Mountain”
Dvorak spent time in Spillville, Iowa summer of 1893 and from that came his famous "American String Quartet" (not heard tonight) followed by his Viola Quintet (String Quaintet No. 3) (heard tonight). The two pieces exhibiti musical and stylisitic similarities.
This Week’s “Evening Concert” : Dvorak, Brahms, Beethoven, Strauss and more
This week you'll hear Dvorak's "Viola Quintet", Brahms' 2nd Piano Concerto, Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto, Strauss' "Till Eulensiegel's Merry Pranks" and more on the "Evening Concert"
The Penderecki String Quartet plays Mozart & Schubert at “Music Mountain” on the “Evening Concert”
On tonight's program from "Music Mountain" you'll hear Mozart's 6th String Quartet which dates from 1773, and Schubert's 15th String Quartet, his last, which dates from 1826.