Camerata SA plays Brahms

Thursday, Friday and Sunday, Camerata San Antonio presents “Brahms and Friends.” While Sunday afternoon in San Antonio is the most convenient time and location for most fans, the Boerne location is worth considering for its fantastic acoustics. I find the drive pays off in a superior experience.

If you are interested in a detailed analysis of the Brahms Horn trio click here. Here is an example from that paper:

Early one morning in the summer of 1865, Johannes Brahms went for a walk in the woods of the Black Forest and conceived the opening theme of his Horn Trio in E flat, op. 40. He later showed his friend Albert Dietrich the spot “on the wooded heights among the fir-trees” where the theme first came to him. As he told Dietrich, “I was walking along one morning and as I came to this spot the sun shone out and the subject immediately suggested itself.”

Walking was a central part of Brahms’ life, and he frequently used his walks to think through his musical ideas. For Brahms, walking became a metaphor for the compositional process itself – working through an idea was “[taking] it out walking.” Brahms’ daily schedule usually contained a morning stroll after coffee, and he especially cherished walks in natural settings. As a younger man, he had long looked forward to a walking tour along the Rhine, which he realized in 1853, and he enjoyed several similar walking tours over the course of his lifetime. He was known for a very healthy walking pace. Brahms would regularly spend his summers in rustic spots, where he could enjoy brisk jaunts surrounded by the natural world.

The program is:

Schreker: Der Wind
Fruhling: Clarinet Trio
Brahms: Horn Trio

The musicians are:
Ilya Shterenberg, clarinet
Jeff Garza, horn
Ertan Torgul, violin
Kenneth Freudigman, cello
Melinda Lee Masur, piano

The dates and locations are:
Kerrville on Thursday 2/17 7:30pm
First Presbyterian Church 800 Jefferson

Boerne on Friday 2/18   7:30pm
First Methodist 205 East James

San Antonio on Sunday 2/20   3:00 pm
Travis Park UMC 230 East Travis

$20 adults $8 students
For tickets call 492-9519  purchase  online or at the door

You can read the program notes by clicking here.

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