Brahms in the Spotlight-Midsummers Music

“One of my finest works,” is what Brahms said to Clara Schumann about his String Quintet, Opus 88. Brahms was also the inspiration for the masterful Clarinet Quintet by Sir Arthur Sommervell. These two works are introduced by the hauntingly beautiful, Negro Spiritual-inspired, Movements for String Quartet by Nkeiru Okoye, a young American composer of Nigerian ancestry.

Movements for String Quartet                              Nkeiru Okoye
String Quartet

Quintet in G Major                                               Sir Arthur Somervell
Clarinet and String Quartet

String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88, “Spring”    Johannes Brahms
Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello

JJ Koh, Clarinet • David Perry & Ann Palen, Violins • Christopher Dozoryst & Allyson Fleck, Violas • Paula Kosower, Cello

July 6, 7:00 pm: Donald & Carol Kress Pavilion, Egg Harbor
Sponsored by Mike & Susan Stoehr

July 7, 7:00 pm: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Ephraim
Sponsored by Barbara Gould
July 8, 7:00 pm: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sister Bay
July 9, 5:00 pm: Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor
Sponsored by Susan DeWitt Davie

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