Brahms' viola-infused string quintets and sextets have in them the essence of amber autumn, and three major L.A. institutions coincidentally turned to them over six November days.

Natasha Loges compares recordings of Brahms's String Quintet No 1 in F major, Op 88, and chooses her favourite. Show more Natasha Loges compares recordings of Brahms's String Quintet No 1 in F major, ...

Red Cedar Chamber Music presents its “Retracted Retirement” concert on Oct. 11 for the Iowa City Music Club, meeting at Parkview Church in Iowa City. Featuring works by Brahms and Krein, the concert ...

Just months after deciding that he wasn’t going to be composing any more music, an encounter with clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld rekindled Brahms’ creative muse. All the wisdom garnered during a long, ...

Camerata Pacifica’s January program will feature Cameratans Jose Franch Ballester, clarinet; YuEun Kim, violin; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Ji Hye Jung, percussion; and Gilles Vonsattel, piano, performing ...

It’s late autumn — viola time. The viola should perhaps be the instrument of summer. Its tone suggests sumptuous ripeness from the top of its range to bottom. But falling between the violin’s soaring ...