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Streichsextette
Theater und Philharmonie Essen, RWE Pavillon (Essen)
The Essen Philharmonic's sixth chamber concert features two major string sextets. Brahms wrote his two string sextets before he tackled string quartets. His first sextet, Op. 18, is popular. Korngold, born the year Brahms died, wrote his String Sextet, Op. 10, from 1914-1916. This work exhibits influences from Strauss and Zemlinsky and foreshadows Korngold's film scores.