by Ben Hogwood Image unknown credit, used courtesy of Wikipedia

On this day 150 years ago, the first performance of Brahms’s Third String Quartet took place in Berlin.

It is the lesser known of the three published Brahms quartets, but has a certain Autumnal beauty and lightness ideal for this time of year.

It was dedicated to cellist Professor Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann, and published just before his Symphony no.1. You can enjoy a performance of the quartet below, given by the Castalian Quartet at the Wigmore Hall in 2020:

Published post no.3,063 – Friday 30 October 2026