SUMMER ROMANCE

Several of Mozart’s late works, like his dark and stormy Adagio and Fugue for strings, paved the way for the early Romanticism of Beethoven and his student, Ferdinand Ries, but also continued to influence composers well into the 19th and even 20th centuries. While these elements are abundant in Sibelius’ Valse Triste, they are balanced by an elegant charm and pathos not evidenced in Mozart’s work. Ernst von Dohnanyi’s Sextet is also often boldly dramatic and turbulent, but its noble aspiration and soaring musical spirit are rooted in Brahms, with a nod to Mahler and even Gershwin.

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