Habsburg Harmonies Haydn Ligeti & Brahms

Travel across the centuries in this program of vibrant chamber works rooted in the rich Austro-Hungarian musical tradition. First, Haydn’s “Quinten” string quartet masterfully darts from major to minor as each movement transforms and embellishes the central theme. The winds then take center stage for Ligeti’s whimsical Six Bagatelles, a piece saturated with Hungarian folk melodies, before two violins, two violas, and a cello close out the concert with Brahms’s radiant and warm String Quintet No. 1.

Program Information
HAYDN String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2
LIGETI Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
BRAHMS String Quintet No. 1 in F Major