Mahler: Quartet in A-minor for Piano and Strings
Brahms: Quartet in C-minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 60
Schumann: Quartet in Eb-Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 47
One of the most popular chamber music ensembles among performers, listeners and composers
alike, is the piano quartet. The piano quartet configuration bears rich fruit, as it contains the players
for string trio (violin, viola and cello) and as well as piano trio (piano, violin and cello). This program of
landmark piano quartets hails from the Romantic era, Schumann contributing the first great piano
quartet of the 19th century, Brahms stoking the fire to create new heights of passion, and the young
Gustav Mahler dipping his toe into the chamber music genre only once with this surprisingly powerful single-movement work. The concert is anchored by CMS’s longest-serving artistic directors, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han, who make a rare appearance on the same tour.
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