Dates & times
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- 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Brahms’s Piano Quintet anchors an April Music at the Mill in Brunswick
A string quintet with two cellos and then a sonata for two pianos came before Brahms settled on the Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34. The Ying Quartet and pianist Jeewon Park take up that final scoring at Music at the Mill on April 19, 2027, at Dutchman’s at Fort Andross in Brunswick.
An unusually long route to the piano quintet
Brahms first wrote the work for a string quintet with two cellos. After violinist Joseph Joachim raised concerns about how the scoring carried the music, Brahms tried another approach: a sonata for two pianos. That version premiered in 1864, with Brahms and pianist Karl Tausig. Pianist Clara Schumann later felt the two-piano version still sounded like an arrangement, and Brahms ultimately reshaped the work for piano and string quartet—the combination heard at this concert.
The Festival’s program note places the work among Brahms’s chamber music of the early 1860s. It connects his musical language with Beethoven’s large-scale forms and emotional force, as well as Schubert’s melodies and harmonies. That background gives the quintet’s final scoring particular interest: piano and strings meet in a version that followed two earlier experiments with the same musical material.
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Four string players and a pianist
The Ying Quartet is Robin Scott and Janet Ying on violin, Phillip Ying on viola, and David Ying on cello; Jeewon Park joins them at the piano. The Festival identifies the Grammy Award-winning quartet as an ensemble-in-residence at both Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Eastman School of Music. Park is a Mill Series guest artist and a Williams College faculty member.
The quartet’s biography traces its community work to a professional residency in Jesup, Iowa, in the early 1990s, supported by an NEA Rural Residence Grant. The musicians played in homes, schools, churches, and banks, and describe that experience as foundational to their work. Their broader practice also includes LifeMusic, a project commissioning established and emerging composers to write about contemporary American life; no LifeMusic work is listed for this concert.
Further reading: Music at the Mill: Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Visit Portland ↗ · Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗ · Ying Quartet - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗ · Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗
Brahms in his final scoring
The confirmed work is Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34, performed by the Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park at the piano. The Festival says additional repertoire will be announced later.
2027-04-19 · Dutchman’s at Fort Andross
- Doors and bar open; pre-concert beer and wine social hour.
- Concert: Ying Quartet with pianist Jeewon Park; Johannes Brahms, Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34. Additional repertoire is to be announced.
2027-04-19 · Restaurant at Dutchman’s
- Post-concert reception with pizza and a chance to talk with the artists; pizza, beer and wine are included with the ticket purchase.
Plan the evening
Monday, April 19, 2027
Doors and the bar open at 6 p.m., with the concert at 7 p.m. The post-concert reception is listed for 8:15 p.m.; the event listing gives 9 p.m. as the end time.
Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗ · Music at the Mill: Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Visit Portland ↗
$98 individual; $49 student
The event lists discounted student tickets at $49 but does not specify who qualifies for that rate; confirm eligibility with the Box Office at 207-373-1400. The Festival also offers a series pass with discounted admission to all three Music at the Mill concerts.
Printed or digital tickets are accepted at the door. Tickets are nonrefundable; tickets returned to the Festival office for resale are tax deductible.
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Pizza, beer, and wine
The ticket includes pizza, beer, and wine. The post-concert reception is in the restaurant and includes a chance to talk with the artists.
Music at the Mill: Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Visit Portland ↗ · Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗
Fort Andross front entrance
The Festival says accessible seating is available and asks Music at the Mill guests to enter through Fort Andross’s front entrance. Contact the Box Office with specific seating needs.
Getting to Fort Andross
Address and parking
The event is at Dutchman’s at Fort Andross, 14 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME 04011. The Festival says Fort Andross parking is open to the public after 5 p.m.
Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗ · Concert & Ticket Policies - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗
Entrance and directions
The Festival asks guests to use Fort Andross’s front entrance. Its captured directions do not list a transit route; the map links can calculate directions from your own starting point.
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Before you make a plan
What music is on the announced program?
Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34, performed by the Ying Quartet and pianist Jeewon Park. Additional repertoire has not been announced.
Music at the Mill: Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Visit Portland ↗ · Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗
What does the ticket include?
Pizza, beer, and wine are included. The evening also has a pre-concert social hour and a post-concert reception in the restaurant.
Music at the Mill: Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Visit Portland ↗ · Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗
Who can buy the $49 student ticket?
The event lists a $49 discounted student ticket but does not state its eligibility requirements. Contact the Box Office at 207-373-1400 to confirm.
Music at the Mill: Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Visit Portland ↗ · Ying Quartet with Jeewon Park - Bowdoin Music Festival ↗
Can I park at Fort Andross?
The Festival says Fort Andross parking is open to the public after 5 p.m. Guests are asked to enter through the building’s front entrance.
Location & Google Maps
Dutchman’s at Fort Andross
14 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME 04011
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