Two of the great cornerstones of 19th-century chamber music were written by Brahms. Each, in a very different way, is a colossus, and each is a total masterpiece: of structure, craftsmanship and ...

Program: MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581; BRAHMS: String Quintet No. 1, op. 88 Cost: $25; call (970) 453-9142 or visit breckenridgemusicfestival.com The Breckenridge Music Festival ...

ASPEN – This was a good week at the Aspen Music Festival for chamber music, and especially Brahms. On Tuesday night, a Brahms string quintet hit a high point in the hands of the Takacs Quartet. And ...

Brahms famously ran into problems with a two-cello string quintet, which metamorphosed into a work for two pianos, and then into the great Piano Quintet we know today. Small wonder, then, that his two ...

Natasha Loges compares recordings of Brahms's String Quintet No 1 in F major, Op 88, and chooses her favourite. Show more Natasha Loges compares recordings of Brahms's String Quintet No 1 in F major, ...

Accordo opened its fifth season on Monday night at Christ Church Lutheran in Minneapolis playing two major string quintets, by Mozart and Brahms. Violist Hsin-Yun Huang was guest artist. This was a ...

THERE is something slightly mystical about the string quintet, with its extra layer of harmony added to the more familiar two violins, viola and cello quartet line up. For Luigi Boccherini the extra ...

Whenever I hear of orchestral musicians making jokes at the expense of violists, I sigh and think that a little gratitude should be in order. For much of history’s greatest music was written by ...

There's a unique opportunity to enjoy the rich and rapturous string quintets of Mozart and Brahms when the New Zealand String Quartet are joined by German violist Hariolf Schlichtig for a nationwide ...

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It’s late autumn — viola time. The viola should perhaps be the instrument of summer. Its tone suggests sumptuous ripeness from the top of its range to bottom. But falling between the violin’s soaring ...