Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Brahms’ String Sextet No.1 in B-flat Major. The Isidore String Quartet are joined by Misha Amory on viola and Nina Lee on cello for a ‘Live! At the Library’ concert at the Whittall Pavilion in the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. For the full story and video head to our website! | Gramophone

Chamber music on Mezzo this February! https://www.mezzo.tv/en/ChamberMusic-15704 Tonight at 10:15 PM (CET) - BRAHMS: String sextets Nos. 1 & 2 - Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Belcea Quartet | Mezzo

Johannes Brahms composed his String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36, in 1864–65. Along with his B-flat Sextet (written five years earlier), this expansive work helped establish the string sextet as a major genre in chamber music. Dedicated to the violinist Joseph Joachim—Brahms's close friend and collaborator—the piece reflects a deep artistic partnership that shaped so much of Brahms's string music. This 2016 CMS performance from the Rose Studio features the Schumann Quartet (Erik Schumann, Ken