Name: Brahms, Bax, Puts
Start: 2024-11-10T03:00:00-05:00
Location: Sanders Theatre

BRAHMS Scherzo in C minor from the F-A-E Sonata, WoO 2 (1853) (6 min)
BAX Oboe Quintet, GP 258 (1922) (19 min)
Kevin PUTS And Legions Will Rise (2001) (17 min)
BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 (1882) (30 min)
Peggy Pearson, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Alyssa Wang, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Edward Arron, cello; Max Levinson, piano; Ayano Kataoka, marimba
Brahms’s Scherzo in C minor is widely considered the gem of F-A-E Sonata, a collaboration among three composers dedicated to violinist Joseph Joachim. Written between the world wars, Bax’s Oboe Quartet is haunted by darkness and melancholy. Scored for violin, clarinet and marimba, And Legions Will Rise by Kevin Puts “is about the power in all of us to transcend during times of tragedy and personal crisis,” writes the composer. Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C major is a highly compact work that nonetheless traverses numerous emotional spheres, from heroic and passionate to mournful and mysterious.