I am meeting this weekend with a sextet ensemble formed because I love Brahms sextet #1 so much that bought the music. It is mostly members from the quartet I play in plus 2 or 3 other players. We met a few months ago to read Brahms #1 and it was a lot of fun. I like this sextet configuration (2vln, 2vla, 2cello) - everyone has different parts but you're not alone. A sextet is practically a chamber orchestra so you create a lot of sound...hiding any mistakes I might make in sight reading. :)
This time, I ordered more sextet music from Shar - Brahms Sextet #2 and Dvorak Sextet in A major. It was shipped in a Priority Mail box with a picture of a cello on it. Now how did they know I was a cellist???
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Both Brahms sextets are wonderful. I hope you enjoy playing #1 this weekend. My Sunday group has decided to perform sextet #1 in late August. Every movement is so lovely!
by the way a great source of music is the International Music Score Library, a wiki with over 30,000 scores in the public domain. You can get to it from this link:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Brahms is in the public domain, that the Brahms Institut has loaded in scanned copies of the first edition of much of his music.
I adore Brahms' sextets. You're so lucky to be able to play them with people!
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