Cornerstones

NSO concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef shines in Fauré’s colorful sonata, with music by Caroline Shaw and Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G minor. This resounding program showcases foundational pieces that Brahms and Fauré composed early on in their careers. Fauré’s ebullient sonata — called “magical” and “audacious” by composer Camille Saint-Saëns at its premiere — contrasts with Brahms’s first piano quartet, famous for its stormy temperament and infectious “gypsy” rondo finale. Caroline Shaw’s reverberant duo explores music as texture, imagining sound as hard and soft. Bahms's Piano Quartet in G Minor with violist Daniel Foster completes this virtuosic program. Program Caroline Shaw: Limestone and Felt Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Artists Nurit Bar-Josef, Violin Daniel Foster, Viola Carrie Bean Stute, cello Efi Hackmey, Piano