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Music for string sextet by Boccherini, Strauss and Brahms

A Maiastra concert - Free Admission

Part of the Maiastra 2018/19 Series

Add to my Calendar 07-07-2019 19:30 07-07-2019 21:30 36 Music for string sextet by Boccherini, Strauss and Brahms BOCCHERINI Luigi Boccherini was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and ‘galante’ style. His Sextet in F minor, G. 457 contains passages of solemnity and grace but is mostly spirited, leading to the finale which bursts forth with great joy and light. Boccherini was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, and equally inventive, as can be heard in this beautifully sonorous work.   STRAUSS Capriccio was Richard Strauss' last operatic venture, and, like the final works of other great composers, it sums up a lifetime of stylistic achievement. The lovely string Sextet that serves as the introduction to Capriccio demonstrates an opulent harmonic palette and rich instrumental textures. Notoriously difficult to play, but joyful to listen to, Strauss called this his ‘conversation piece’.   BRAHMS Brahms is one of the Romantic period's most revered and popular composers, considered somewhat steady but not afraid to explore. He was twenty-seven when he composed the First Sextet, by which time his musical discretion was able to resist the temptation to score too abundantly for the medium. Here, however, he explores ‘across the bar’ phrases of irregular length with delightful and telling effect. St Andrew's Church, Cobham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Andrew's Church
Church Street
Cobham
Surrey
KT11 3EJ
England

Programme

Luigi Boccherini – String Sextet in F minor, G.457
Richard Strauss – String Sextet from 'Capriccio', Op.85
~ Interval ~
Johannes Brahms – String Sextet no.1 in B flat major, Op.18

Performers

Arisa Fujita – violin / director
 David Lopez – violin
 Oscar Holch – viola
 Abby Bowen – viola
 Kieran Carter – Cello
 Ariane Zandi – Cello

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Programme Note

BOCCHERINI

Luigi Boccherini was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and ‘galante’ style. His Sextet in F minor, G. 457 contains passages of solemnity and grace but is mostly spirited, leading to the finale which bursts forth with great joy and light. Boccherini was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, and equally inventive, as can be heard in this beautifully sonorous work.

 

STRAUSS

Capriccio was Richard Strauss' last operatic venture, and, like the final works of other great composers, it sums up a lifetime of stylistic achievement. The lovely string Sextet that serves as the introduction to Capriccio demonstrates an opulent harmonic palette and rich instrumental textures. Notoriously difficult to play, but joyful to listen to, Strauss called this his ‘conversation piece’.

 

BRAHMS

Brahms is one of the Romantic period's most revered and popular composers, considered somewhat steady but not afraid to explore. He was twenty-seven when he composed the First Sextet, by which time his musical discretion was able to resist the temptation to score too abundantly for the medium. Here, however, he explores ‘across the bar’ phrases of irregular length with delightful and telling effect.

Arisa Fujita - leader and course director

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