Strings Music Festival: Viennese Virtuosity

"Austria’s enduring musical center produced these three varied and satisfying works from the time of Mozart to the early 20th century. This intriguing program opens with a rarely-heard suite composed by Erich Korngold for a 1920 Vienna production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Gustav Mahler’s only surviving chamber work, a piano quartet, is a glimpse of the artist from his student days. Mozart’s first string quintet completes the program with grace and charm."

KORNGOLD: Four Short Pieces from Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11
MAHLER: Piano Quartet in A minor
MOZART: String Quintet No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 174