Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites for Solo Cello
Bach’s six solo suites are the companions of every modern cellist. Some are simple enough to play after just a few years of study, others wait for a higher level of technical mastery.
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Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7 was written at the height of World War II and premiered just as the Russian Army came within reach of victory at Stalingrad.
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 tells a story that emerges at the intersection of the imaginations of the composer, performer, and listener.
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas
The keyboard music of Domenico Scarlatti comes down to us in hand-copied volumes made for his patron and student, Princess Maria Bárbara of Portugal, who later became queen of Spain.
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Today’s audience might wonder what made Fauré’s dreamy First Piano Quartet sound so new and different at the time.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
The C-minor Piano Trio was the controversial piece in the Op. 1 set—Haydn criticized it, and Beethoven thought his teacher was jealous of it.
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Erwin Schulhoff’s relatively brief life spanned a period of incredible change in music and world affairs, beginning under the tutelage of Antonín Dvořák in the late Romantic tradition, and ending in 1942 as a victim of the Holocaust.
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, “Rider”
Haydn’s String Quartet in G minor, nicknamed “Rider” for the last movement’s rollicking theme, shows the adventurousness of the 61-year-old composer.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K. 295
In Mannheim, the virtuoso flutist Johann Baptist Wendling provided Mozart with a place to stay, a piano, and a bundle of commissions for flute quartets and concertos. But there was a catch.
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18
Mendelssohn wrote the String Quintet No. 1 in 1826 at 17 years old, revising it six years later with a new slow movement dedicated to the memory of Eduard Rietz, a close friend who had died of tuberculosis.