Philharmonic Chamber Music Recital

• Classical Music

The works in this chamber music concert are all about love and connection, in words and through sound: when Johannes Brahms set about composing »Zwei Gesänge«, he had his close friendship with his long-time companion in mind, the violinist Joseph Joachim. Brahms wanted to create a musical memorial to his love and composed the »Geistliches Wiegenlied« for his wedding, based on a text by Emanuel Geibel, but he withdrew the composition and revised it. Together with »Gestillte Sehnsucht« based on a text by Friedrich Rückert, the composer later published both songs on the occasion of another happy event: the christening of Joseph Joachim’s son – and Brahm’s godson.

PERFORMERS

Kady Evanyshyn mezzo-soprano

Daniel Cho violin

Yuri Katsumata-Monegatto violin

Sangyoon Lee viola

Christine Hu violoncello

Petar Kostov piano

PROGRAM

Johannes Brahms
Zwei Gesänge op. 91

Leo Janáek
String Quartet No. 2 »Intimate Letters«

Johannes Brahms
Klaviertrio Nr. 2 C-Dur op. 87