Sunday
Jun072009
Week 1: Mozart and Haydn
SyllabusMozart violin sonatas featuring the E Minor sonata and A Major Sonata K. 526.
Haydn piano trios in A flat, F Shart Minor and E Major (28th) featured.
Chamber Music Course
6/9/2009 - 7/28/2009, Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
This course celebrates chamber music other than the oft-studied string quartet and solo keyboard repertoire. We will examine the dynamics of various groupings and the evolution of form from the classical era to the explosion of new possibilities in the post-romantic era. Works include (but are not limited to): Haydn trios, Mozart string quintets, Beethoven trios (including the “Archduke”), Schubert trios, Brahms quintets and sextets, and a look at the duo sonata (keyboard and solo instrument) as a genre.
Monday
Jun082009
Week 2: Mozart and Beethoven
- Mozart’s A Musical Joke
- Mozart string quintets
- Beethoven violin sonatas featuring No. 10 in G Major.
Monday
Jun082009
Monday
Jun082009
Week 4: Schubert and Mendelssohn
Schubert String Quintet; Mendelssohn chamber works.
Monday
Jun082009
Week 5: Schumann, Brahms and Dvorak
Schumann Piano Quintet; Brahms Piano Quintet; Dvorak Piano Quintet
Monday
Jun082009
Week 6: Janacek, Brahms, Franck, Faure
The reemergence of chamber styles ensuant to the first romantic generation: Janacek, late Brahms, Franck Piano Quintet, Faure’s chamber works.
Monday
Jun082009
Week 7: The Cello
Solo cello sonatas and suites by Kodaly and Britten; Debussy Cello Sonata, Shostakovich Second Trio and Piano Quintet
Monday
Jun082009
Week 8: Post-Romantic and Postwar
Primacy of chamber music in post-romantic and avant-garde styles, economic and social evolution of public music. Webern, Boulez and the European avant-garde; Crumb, Sessions, Carter and postwar America
