Beethoven, Dvořák, Brahms
Boston Chamber Music Society presents an afternoon chamber-music concert pairing Beethoven, Dvořák, and Brahms at Sanders Theatre. The program moves from Beethoven’s groundbreaking Piano Trio, through Dvořák’s lyrical and fiery Terzetto, to Brahms’s richly atmospheric Clarinet Quintet.
Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1, composed in 1793–95, treats the violin and cello as equal partners with the piano and expands the conventional three-movement design into four movements. Dvořák’s Terzetto contrasts gentle lyricism with passionate energy, including a tender Larghetto, a fiery furiant, and dramatic variations. Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet blends the clarinet’s warm, soulful sound with a string quartet, creating a melancholic, autumnal work that also reaches moments of rhapsodic intensity.
When: November 15, 2026
Showtime: 3:00 PM
Venue: Sanders Theatre
Tickets: Price not available
Program: Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1; Antonín Dvořák, Terzetto in C major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74; and Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Performers: David Bowlin, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Max Levinson, piano; Calvin Alexander, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; and Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Beethoven performers: David Bowlin, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; and Max Levinson, piano
Dvořák performers: David Bowlin and Calvin Alexander, violins; and Marcus Thompson, viola
Brahms performers: Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; David Bowlin and Calvin Alexander, violins; Marcus Thompson, viola; and Raman Ramakrishnan, cello