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DUNSTER LIBRARY--Fine Arts Trio. Piano trios of Mendelssohn and Brahms. Free. Sunday, February 17, 3:00 p.m.
LOWELL HOUSE JCR: Recital for Two Pianos. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Saint-Saens: Scherzp, Op. 87, Brahms: Haydn Variations, Op. 56b, Jan. 20 at 3, free
BRAHMS: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS, OP. 51, NOS. 1 AND 2, OP. 67 (RCA, 2 LPs). Another impressive disc debut, this one by the Cleveland Quartet.
The music of each man reflects his religious background. Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was a Catholic composer; Brahms (1833-1897) was essentially Protestant. In his choral music, Bruckner attempts to suggest the most sacred mysteries of the Catholic faith by manipulating chromatic harmonies which build towards thrilling climaxes. He is...
This simple theory applies equally to the sprawly vastness of a Bruckner symphony and to the compact contrapuntal workmanship of one by Brahms. The two giants are radically different in their approach to composition and in their goals. But this point seems to have escaped the performers Friday. They sang...