CLASSICAL

Despite a reputation as a musical maverick, Ives had tastes that one might consider conservative. He was a big fan of Beethoven and Franck, but had a distaste for the important modernist composer Edgard Varèse. CHARLES IVES   Hallowe’en for Piano Quintet LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN   Serenade in D Major for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op. 25 EDGARD […]

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN   String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5 ALFRED SCHNITTKE   Piano Quintet FELIX MENDELSSOHN   String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 Brentano String Quartet and Rieko Aizawa   piano For more information

Ives, like the other composers on this program, used the folk music of his local region in his compositions. You’ll hear Ives’ use of the hymn in his fourth violin sonata, Boccherini’s use of Spanish folk songs, Bartók’s use of Hungarian folk tunes, and Brahms’s use of Romani music. LUIGI BOCCHERINI    Musica notturna delle strade […]

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN   String Quartet in b minor, Op. 33, No. 1 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH   String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op. 110 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN   String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 Brentano Quartet For more information