The string sextet is an unusual combination of instruments and there aren’t that many works for it.  But one, Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, has almost cult status and is performed fairly often.  It does though need a companion to make up a concert programme.  On Friday night at Toronto Summer Music in Walter Hall the chosen accompanying piece was Brahms’ Sextet No.2 in G Major, Op. 36.

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