Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This performance of Brahms' Piano Quartet in G Minor appeared in a recent digital concert featuring pianist Stewart Goodyear. After completing a breakthrough string sextet, Brahms crafted three immortal scores in formats championed by Robert Schumann: two piano quartets (both from 1861) and a piano quintet (1862). Besides Schumann, Brahms could look to the example of Mozart, who composed two quartets for the same combination of piano, violin, viola and cello. Like Mozart, Brahms placed his First Piano Quartet in the stormy key of G Minor, defying from the start the idea of chamber music as good-natured music for the amusement of amateurs.
Enjoy the full performance for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/composition/piano-quartet-in-g-minor-op-25-johannes-brahms
Stream the full concert "Opening Night: Piano Quartets with Stewart Goodyear" for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/concert/piano-quartets-stewart-goodyear
This performance of Brahms' Piano Quartet in G Minor appeared in a recent digital concert featuring pianist Stewart Goodyear. After completing a breakthrough string sextet, Brahms crafted three immortal scores in formats championed by Robert Schumann: two piano quartets (both from 1861) and a piano quintet (1862). Besides Schumann, Brahms could look to the example of Mozart, who composed two quartets for the same combination of piano, violin, viola and cello. Like Mozart, Brahms placed his First Piano Quartet in the stormy key of G Minor, defying from the start the idea of chamber music as good-natured music for the amusement of amateurs.
Enjoy the full performance for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/composition/piano-quartet-in-g-minor-op-25-johannes-brahms
Stream the full concert "Opening Night: Piano Quartets with Stewart Goodyear" for free: content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/concert/piano-quartets-stewart-goodyear
