Downtown Music Presents: Chamber Music with the Phil – Forged In Fire

Robert Chausow, violin, Martin Agee, violin, Michael Roth, viola and Eugene Moye, cello present string quartets of Prokofiev and Brahms.

Both of these composers approached the string quartet form with reverence and some intimidation, with the examples of Haydn and Beethoven looming over them. Brahms is said to have thrown over 20 string quartets into the fireplace before settling on this “No. 1,” and Prokofiev composed his “2nd” while a Moscow evacuee as Nazi air raids bombarded the city.

This concert is made possible, in part, with the generous support of the Brian Wallach Agency, White Plains, New York. Personal and Commercial Insurance since 1949