Alexander String Quartet
Brahms—Recorded Friday, June 12, 2020
Having the Alexander String Quartet come back together for the first time since March to finish a recording of Brahms and perform these quartets seemed like the perfect opportunity to share this music, in this moment, with our patrons and friends. It’s the ideal way to begin this new Sanctuary series as well, with some of Brahms’ most stirring, beautiful and tender works, including a special arrangement of the Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2 for piano, arranged here for the ASQ by first violinist Zakarias Grafilo.
Program
BRAHMS
String Quartet in C minor, Opus 51, No. 1
Allegro
Romanze: Poco Adagio
Allegretto molto moderato e comodo
Allegro
String Quartet in A minor, Opus 51, No. 2
Allegro non troppo
Andante moderato
Quasi Minuetto, moderato
Finale: Allegro non assai
Intermezzo in A Major, Opus 118, No. 2
Andante teneramente
(arranged for string quartet by Zakarias Grafilo)
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