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Strauss II and Brahms
Nash Ensemble
Date
Sun 23 Oct 2016, 11.30am
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Nash Ensemble

    Programme

    • Johann Strauss II
      1825-1899
        • Kaiser-Walzer Op. 437
          (arranged by Arnold Schoenberg flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano)

    Overview

    The apparent political and social stability of Austria-Hungary, more illusion than reality, informsJohann Strauss the younger’s famous Emperor Waltz, performed by the Nash Ensemble inan ensemble arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg. Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minorOp. 25, with its exuberant Hungarian-style finale, was performed in Vienna in 1862 shortlybefore the composer made his permanent home there.

    Coffee for the Sunday Morning Concert Series is generously provided by Café de Colombia

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