END OF SUMMER - BONUS WEEKEND Brahms' Personal Favorite: Viola Quintet in F

Brahms’ Viola Quintet in F might not be considered his most famous chamber work, but it was his own personal favorite, writing to his publisher, Simrock, upon submission, “You have never before had such a beautiful work from me!” Following the example of Mozart, he added a second viola to a string quartet and created a spirited work of bright cheerfulness that features a radiant first movement, a stately and deeply expressive slow movement and a powerful finale that has been described by critics as the “crown of this work, a magnificent masterpiece.” The program opens with a charming work by a Mozart contemporary, Antonin Vranický, that also features two violas, as well as flute and oboe. A sublimely meditative Sarabande from the ‘Phantasy Quintet’ of the English master, Ralph Vaughn Williams, completes the offerings.
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