Advent Concert I • Divertimento Quartet

Many composers from the Baroque era to the present have been attracted by the combination of oboe and strings in chamber music. The first Advent concert offers a survey of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edward Elgar, and Benjamin Britten along with a carol arrangement by Gerald Finzi.

• Subscription series AK
• Czech Philharmonic chamber ensembles

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet for oboe, violin, viola, and cello in F major, K 370 (368b)

Edward Elgar
Andante and Allegro for oboe and string trio

Benjamin Britten
Phantasy Quartet for oboe, violin, viola, and cello, Op. 2

Gerald Finzi
Interlude for Oboe and String Quartet
“Koledníček” – a medley of Christmas carols arranged by Jiří Teml

Performers

Divertimento Quartet
Luboš Dudek violin I
Libor Vilímec violin II
Ondřej Kameš viola
Jan Keller cello

Vladislav Borovka oboe