Brahms String Quintets
The GRAMMY-winning Ehnes Quartet returns to Miami for FOCM’s 71st Anniversary Season, joined by violist Jonathan Vinocour for an evening devoted to the chamber masterworks of Johannes Brahms.
Among the supreme achievements of the Romantic repertoire, Brahms’s string quintets pair the Ehnes Quartet’s renowned precision and tonal warmth with a second viola, deepening the music’s rich inner textures. The result is chamber playing of rare intimacy and power from one of today’s most celebrated ensembles.
- Brahms
String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 (“Frühlingsprodukt”) - Brahms
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 (“Prater”)
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Ehnes Quartet
Hailed as “an important new force in the chamber music arena” with a “dream-team line-up” (Strings), the Ehnes Quartet is comprised of four internationally renowned string musicians: violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Richard O’Neill, and cellist Edward Arron.
Formally established in 2010, the members of the Ehnes Quartet have played chamber music together in various formations for more than 20 years. The quartet’s highly refined, sensitive and expressive performances have delighted audiences and critics across North America, Europe, and Asia, and have made them one of the most sought after chamber groups performing today. Their debut recordings of quartets by Barber and Shostakovich were released in 2014 by Onyx Classics to critical acclaim.
Jonathan Vinocour
Jonathan Vinocour was appointed Principal Viola of the San Francisco Symphony in 2009 having previously served as Principal Viola of the Saint Louis Symphony and Guest Principal of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig. Mr. Vinocour has appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony and the New World Symphony where he was recently a featured artist of their Viola Visions Festival alongside Tabea Zimmerman, Kim Kashkashian, Roberto Diaz, and Cynthia Phelps.
A sought-after chamber musician, he is a regular guest of festivals such as the Seattle Chamber Music Society, La Jolla SummerFest, Marlboro, Bridgehampton, Salt Bay Festivals and Chamberfest Cleveland. Chamber music partners have included Yefim Bronfman, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and James Ehnes among others. He also performs frequently on the chamber music series of the San Francisco Symphony and as a recitalist and chamber musician on concert series around the country.