Crossing Borders: Brahms Piano Quartet

Few things in our fractured world bring us together quite like music, connecting us with our shared humanity across borders and time. Premiered by Clara Schumann in 1861 and famous for its fiery “Rondo alla Zingarese” finale, Brahms’s youthful and exuberant Piano Quartet in G Minor transports us to both Brahms’s youth (he was just 23 when he started composing it) and to Hungary with its folk inspiration. Two soaring solo works by Austrian American composer Fritz Kreisler magically take us to Vienna in the hands of virtuoso violinist and CMNW Protégé Alumnus Claire Wells. This program also features revolutionary 20th century composer Erwin Schulhoff’s “Five Pieces for String Quartet”—innovative and entertaining reinterpretations of five different national dances, including the Viennese Waltz, Italian Tarantella, and Argentinian Tango.

6:30 PM | Reser lobby Prelude Performance with local students