Pavel Haas Quartet & Boris Giltburg: Brahms' Piano Quintet

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Indulge in an evening of extraordinary chamber works. The acclaimed quartet and the celebrated pianist combine their talents for Brahms' supreme chamber work.

Originally written as a string quintet, but evolving via several versions into the piano quintet we know today, the quintet shows Brahms at his most adventurous, with unusual harmonic choices and a dark, almost dangerous, mood. Shostakovich' Seventh Quartet is likewise dark in its aspect. Composed in memory of Shostakovich' wife, the quartet takes the key of F sharp minor, associated with suffering in the works of Bach, among others. Finally, Schubert's 'Rosamunde' Quartet refers to numerous of the composer's other works, and demonstrates a cyclical tendency that would influence many composers yet to come, including Debussy.