String Quartet No. 3 (Brahms) the other string instruments so that the viola's sound can be heard, even when the violin gains the melody. String Quartet No. 3 (Brahms) The String Quartet No. 3 in B major, Op. 67, was composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1875 and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It received its premiere performance on October 30, 1876 in Berlin. The work is scored for two violins, viola, and cello, and has four movements: Brahms composed the work in Ziegelhausen, near Heidelberg, and dedicated it to Professor Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann, an amateur cellist who had hosted Brahms
Atrium String Quartet Atrium String Quartet Atrium String Quartet is a Russian string quartet and one of the leading young ensembles. Quartet founded in 2000 in St Petersburg. Atrium Quartet is the prize-winner of several International Competitions including First Prizes of IX London International String Quartet Competition in 2003 and VII Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2007. Recordings (EMI, Zig-Zag Territoires, Oclassica, Columna Musica, Profil Haenssler) of the quartet include works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Yuri Falik and Jordi Cervelló (his "A Bach" and "St Petersburg" quartets dedicated to the members of the Atrium Quartet). In 2013 Quartet