Signature Series: Brahms for Six

BRAHMS FOR SIX

Greenville – Fri, Sep 25 @ 7:30 PM
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall on the campus of East Carolina University & Online
Raleigh – Sun, Sept 27 @ 2:00 PM
Hayes Barton United Methodist Church & Online

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Our twenty-seventh season opens with two towering monuments of the string repertoire: Johannes Brahms’s magnificent sextets. With six instruments at his disposal, Brahms plumbed the depths of musical expression throughout his String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major and String Sextet No. 2 in G Major. By turns bold, solemn, intense, elegant–and featuring dashes of the Hungarian flavor of which Brahms was fond–these singular works set the stage for all string sextets to follow. Founder and artistic director Ara Gregorian (viola) is joined by violinists Xiao-Dong Wang and Carmit Zori, violist Paul Neubauer, and cellists Clive Greensmith and Peter Stumpf for this undeniably enchanting launch of our 2026-2027 season.


PROGRAM:
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
brief pause
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36

MUSICIANS:
Xiao-Dong Wang & Carmit Zori, violins
Ara Gregorian  & Paul Neubauer, violas
Clive Greensmith & Peter Stumpf, cellos

Xiao-Dong Wang, violin
Carmit Zori, violin
Ara Gregorian, viola
Paul Neubauer, viola
Clive Greensmith, cello
Peter Stumpf, cello