Chamber Music

Week 8: Post-Romantic and Postwar

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:02:06 +0000

Primacy of chamber music in post-romantic and avant-garde styles, economic and social evolution of public music. Webern, Boulez and the European avant-garde; Crumb, Sessions, Carter and postwar America

Week 7: The Cello

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:00:18 +0000

Solo cello sonatas and suites by Kodaly and Britten; Debussy Cello Sonata, Shostakovich Second Trio and Piano Quintet

Week 6: Janacek, Brahms, Franck, Faure

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:58:31 +0000

The reemergence of chamber styles ensuant to the first romantic generation: Janacek, late Brahms, Franck Piano Quintet, Faure’s chamber works.

Week 5: Schumann, Brahms and Dvorak

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:56:09 +0000

Schumann Piano Quintet; Brahms Piano Quintet; Dvorak Piano Quintet

Week 4: Schubert and Mendelssohn

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:54:23 +0000

Schubert String Quintet; Mendelssohn chamber works.

Week 3 - Beethoven and Schubert

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:53:26 +0000

Beethoven and Schubert, the piano trios.

Week 2: Mozart and Beethoven

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:34:24 +0000

Mozart’s A Musical Joke
Mozart string quintets
Beethoven violin sonatas featuring No. 10 in G Major.

Week 1: Mozart and Haydn

John Gibbons — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:37:14 +0000

Mozart violin sonatas featuring the E Minor sonata and A Major Sonata K. 526.

Haydn piano trios in A flat, F Shart Minor and E Major (28th) featured.