Recital at the Teatro Alarife Martín Casillas – Guadalajara, Mexico

Recital at the Teatro Alarife Martín Casillas – Guadalajara, Mexico

Brahms and Dvořák: Unlikely Best Friends

Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák are two of the most important and well-known composers of the 19th century.  What is less known to audiences that enjoy their music is that they were very close friends, each inspiring the other with their wildly different approaches to composing music.  By juxtaposing works from each of their early and later periods, this program tells the story of their friendship and personal lives and how that manifests itself in some of chamber music greatest masterpieces.

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (1864) – Scherzo: Allegro

Trio in A minor, Op. 114 (1891) – Andantino grazioso

Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 (1875)

I.  Allegro non troppo
II.  Scherzo: Allegro
III.  Andante
IV.  Finale: Allegro comodo

Intermission

 

Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)

Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23 (1875) – Finale: Allegretto scherzando

String Quintet in Eb major, Op. 97 (1893)

I.  Allegro non tanto
II.  Allegro vivo
III.  Larghetto
IV.  Finale: Allegro giusto

Manhattan Chamber Players

Molly Carr, Viola
Luke Fleming, Viola
David Fung, Piano
Oded Hadar, Cello
Grace Park, Violin
Michelle Ross, Violin