Oosterpark Picnic Concerts - Park String Sextet

Park String Sextet 

In Brahms’ First String Sextet op. 18 in B flat major his best qualities shine through – gorgeous melodies and a rich romantic sound. The sextet adds an extra viola and cello to the conventional string quartet, and Brahms makes full use of the additional lower voices, allowing him to create an intricate blend of light and shade in this intimate and expressive music. The concert opens with Strauss' String Sextet from the opera Capriccio; originally intended as background music in an opera about the discussions about opera in the mid-eighteenth century.