How does a composer learn to write for string quartet? Discover the origins of this popular ensemble, and hear how generations of composers have learned from each other. Featuring a Mozart "Haydn" quartet and Robert Schumann's third, one of his earliest explorations of chamber music....
Take a nocturnal journey from Mozart's light-hearted Eine kleine Nachtmusik to Jonathan Crosmer's towering sextet, Constellation. The latter work is an odyssey exploring the complexity of love and truth through a range of styles and influences, from Baroque to blues, jazz, and rock. Free admission;...
From the lost & found bin of classical music: Ralph Vaughan Williams's passionate piano quintet and Debussy's youthful piano trio, both dormant for most of the twentieth century. Rediscover these late Romantic pieces with us. Free admission; donations welcome!...
Sometimes, we just need a little nudge. Brahms had retired from composing, until he heard Richard Mühlfeld play clarinet; then he came roaring back with an amazing clarinet quintet. Within a few years, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor heard Brahms's quintet and was inspired to write his own....
