Alex Burns – Top Ten Chamber Works – 19th August 2019

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Further to the talk from Alex Burns (see report below) she has sent us a list of her top ten chamber works and we share them with all for their enjoyment.

Top 10 Chamber Works:

Classical Style 

  1. Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Op.76, No.1
  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in C minor, K.406, No.2
  3. Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E major, Op.11, No.5

Late Classical-Early/Mid Romantic Style

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132, No.15
  2. Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor
  3. Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor

Late Romantic & Beyond!

  1. Amy Beach: Quartet for Strings
  2. Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor
  3. Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8
  4. Malcolm Arnold: Sea Shanties (Wind Quintet)
  5. Chris Hazel: Three Brass Cats (Brass Dectet)
  6. Jean Sibelius: Andante Festivo (String Quartet)