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Toronto Summer Music Festival | Romantic Inspirations
July 23, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Composers in the Romantic era were often inspired by the works of Ludwig van Beethoven. Some even felt like he was too tough an act to follow: Brahms began writing string sextets in part because he felt too intimidated to write more quartets after Beethoven! These pieces all feature their own tip-of-the-hat to the great Ludwig Van.
Mayumi Seiler, violin
Jonathan Crow, violin
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Rémi Pelletier, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello
Adrian Fung, cello
Philip Chiu, piano
Asitha Tennekoon, tenor
Neil Deland, horn
Michael McMahon, piano
- Louise Farrenc – Souvenir des Huguenots, Op. 19
- Richard Wagner – Albumblatt for cello and piano, WWV 94 “Romance” (arr. David Popper)
- Franz Schubert – Auf dem Strom, D 943
- Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
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