Beethoven Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op. 25 (1795-6) Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137 (1915) Walton Piano Quartet in D minor (1918-1921, revised 1974) Beethoven’s real teaching…was […]
Dohnányi Serenade in C for String Trio, Op. 10 (1902) Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (1893,4) Dvořák String Sextet in A major, Op. 48 (1878) Beethoven’s real teaching…was not to preserve the […]
“In every era there presides a secret alliance of kindred spirits. Ye who belong together, close your ranks ever more tightly, that the Truth of Art may shine more clearly, diffusing joy and blessings over […]
Beethoven Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2 (1794-95) Prokofiev Quintet for Winds and Strings in G Minor, Op. 39 (1924) Dvořák Bass Quintet in G Major, Op. 77 (1875, revised 1888) Our […]
Our thirty-fifth anniversary season at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre opens with three significant works, from very different places and times, written by masters in their prime. Each is the second and final musical statement in its […]
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Psalms […]
The real influence of Mozart and Haydn was slow to show itself in Beethoven’s style, and what did eventually appear was the integration of Mozart’s and Haydn’s resources, with results that transcend all possibility of […]
“…we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 […]
Gemütlichkeit: 1. cosiness (etc.). 2. cosy (or relaxed) atmosphere. 3. Leisure(liness). Langenscheidt’s Standard German Dictionary 1993 Our second program at the Fitzgerald Theatre this season features three works in the key of G major, […]
I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England’s green & pleasant Land. From Jerusalem, by William Blake (1804) set to music by […]
