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Mozart & Brahms

May 2, 2024, 9:00 pm

A group of six string players sitting in a semi-circle, performing a string sextet by Brahms. The five men are in white suit jackets. The one woman is the first chair violinist and dressed in a purple skirt with a yellow and purple sweater top.

Ida Kavafian, Benny Kim, violin; Steven Tenenbom, Toby Appel, viola; Eric Kim, Peter Stumpf, cello (Photo: Steve Ovitsky)

The lush Op. 18 Sextet by Brahms is a highlight on this week’s episode, recorded live at the Santa Fe Chamber Music festival.

Playlist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475
Juho Pohjonen, piano

Johannes Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Ida Kavafian, Benny Kim, violin; Steven Tenenbom, Toby Appel, viola; Eric Kim, Peter Stumpf, cello

Meet the Host

Kerry is a regular host of live concert broadcasts including Live from WFMT, concerts from the Ravinia Festival, and WFMT’s premiere visiting artist series, Impromptu. Kerry hosts many WFMT Radio Network broadcasts from such locations as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Salzburg Festival. A native Chicagoan, Kerry grew up with WFMT. His love of music and radio played an important part in his life at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, where he eventually became program director of Wisconsin Public Radio. He’s always been a strong advocate of live music broadcasts, and cherishes having interviewed many of the performers he admires including Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, John Adams, Leif Ove Andsnes – even the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

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Mozart & Brahms

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