Berg and Brahms for Strings

Both Alban Berg and Johannes Brahms hail from the Viennese school of classical composing and the works -featured on this program showcase the strength and musicality that came out of that period. Brahms’ G major String Quintet, Op. 111 evokes the fresh mountain air and serene lakes that would have surrounded the composer as he wrote this work from his idyllic summer retreat in Upper Austria. While Brahms’ Quintet is one of the final he wrote, Alban Berg’s String Quartet No. 3 was composed during the early period of his career. In it, you can hear him begin to develop the hyper-romantic language he would become known for in works like his famous, “Lyric Suite.”