Brahms
Lonquich, Widmann, Rosadini, Bronzi

Carolin Widmann, violin

Edoardo Rosadini, viola

Enrico Bronzi, cello

Alexander Lonquich, piano

J. Brahms (1833-1897)

Quartetto per pianoforte e archi n. 1 in sol minore op. 25

40’ | Ticket 12 €

One of the absolute pinnacles of Romantic chamber music resonates in the evocative Teatro Bibiena: Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25. Composed in 1861 and premiered in Hamburg with Clara Schumann at the piano, the work already reveals with striking clarity the stature of a composer destined to become one of the great masters of his century.

Bringing this score to life at Trame Sonore is an ensemble of great experience and sensitivity: Carolin Widmann on violin, Edoardo Rosadini on viola, Enrico Bronzi on cello, and Alexander Lonquich on piano—performers capable of conveying all the richness and expressive tension of this Brahmsian work. Of almost symphonic proportions, the quartet is distinguished by a dynamic balance among the instruments: the piano does not emerge as a soloist but plays a decisive role in shaping the sonic architecture, weaving a dense and continuous dialogue with the strings.

After the meditative density of the opening movements, the finale—the famous Rondo alla Zingarese—bursts in with overwhelming energy, full of rhythmic drive and echoes of Hungarian folk music, dissolving all tension into an explosion of vitality.

A work that unites impulse and melancholy, finding in the Teatro Bibiena, with its precious acoustics, an ideal space in which to unfold its expressive power.

Text by Giada De Sio