March 5, 2026  |  7:00 PM

A Lecture-Recital with the Balourdet Quartet

March 5, 2026
7:00 PM
Center for Chamber Music

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A Smile Beneath the Beard: Brahms’s Playfulness in Duality

Two string masterpieces in the key of B Flat, two Brahmses: one clean shaven, one bearded. One basking in youth’s glow, the other smiling wryly. Join the Balourdet Quartet for a preview of the epic First String Sextet in conjunction with a demonstration of Brahms’s Third and final String Quartet, leading up to the full performance at Nordstrom Hall on Sunday, March 8!

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