Haydn Voyages

The study in contrasts that is September’s program will feature the first performance of a work by Johannes Brahms on the Haydn Voyages series, as his final string quartet (opus 67) anchors a program filled with exciting variety, a characteristic we’ve come to expect and appreciate in Haydn’s work; his opus 55, no. 3 on this program certainly offers its share.  The afternoon will open with This is It, a 2023 work by Reena Esmail in which she “asks the musicians to explore being present with one another…Each movement opens up a tiny, mutually created universe for just a few precious breaths.”

program to include:

Reena Esmail – This is It (2023)

Haydn – Quartet No. 47 in B♭ major, Op. 55, No. 3 (1788)

Brahms – Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Maj, op. 67