Brahms & Dvorák

This intimate program features two lovely duets, including Falla’s folk-song-inspired Suite populaire espagnole—which evokes Spain’s rich musical and cultural landscape and here features cellist Paul Watkins and pianist Haochen Zhang—and one of Brahms’s final works: the F-minor Sonata for Viola and Piano, a late masterpiece performed by Paul Neubauer and Zhang. The program also includes Dvořák’s elegant Terzetto, a mix of mournful and fiery music that’s scored for the unusual combination of two violins and a viola. 

FALLA Suite populaire espagnole for Cello and Piano (arr. Paul Kochanski and Maurice Maréchal from Popular Spanish Songs) 

DVOŘÁK Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74 

BRAHMS Sonata in F Minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1 

Nicolas Namoradze, piano; Toby Appel, Ida Kavafian, violin; Paul Neubauer, Steven Tenenbom, viola; Paul Watkins, cello 

Approximate length: 1 hour