Programme 51: about Music- The Art of Listening: Romantic Chamber Music

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Some of my favourite music today, so I really hope you will join me! If you don’t know these pieces, you are in for a surprise, and if you do know them, you will be delighted to hear them again.

We are going to listen to Dvorák’s “American” Quartet Opus 96 and Brahm’s String Quintet Op 111.

14 May 2024 English South Africa Music History · Music Commentary Brian Bekker

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