Cellist and Senior Director of Artistic Planning Nicholas Tzavaras leads an intimate journey into the world of Johannes Brahms, illuminating the friendships and musical relationships that shaped some of the composer’s most expressive chamber works.

Joined by violinist and BMC President Jason Posnock, along with members of the Brevard Music Center family, Tzavaras weaves together performance and storytelling to reveal the emotional depth and lyrical beauty at the heart of Brahms’s music.

Program

JOHANNES BRAHMS (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) Chorale Prelude in F major, “Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen,” Op. 122, No. 8
JOHANNES BRAHMS Ballade in B minor, Op. 10, No. 3
JOHANNES BRAHMS Capriccio in C major, Op. 76, No. 8
JOHANNES BRAHMS Intermezzo in E major, Op. 116, No. 4
JOHANNES BRAHMS Capriccio in D minor, Op. 116, No. 7
Liza Stepanova

CLARA SCHUMANN Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Itamar Zorman, Liza Stepanova

-INTERMISSION-

JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Itamar Zorman, Jason Posnock, Scott Rawls, Nicholas Tzavaras, Liza Stepanova