Czech Chamber Music Society • Graff Quartet

Our colleagues from Brno will conclude the series of Early Evening Concerts. Not by coincidence, their programme includes Janáček’s Second String Quartet. The soprano Michiyo Keiko joins the ensemble in one of Ottorino Respighi’s best known chamber works, Il tramonto.

Programme

Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz for string quartet (10')

Ottorino Respighi
Il tramonto (15')

— Intermission —

Leoš Janáček
String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” (27')

Performers

Graff Quartet
Štěpán Graffe violin I
Lukáš Bednařík violin II
Leoš Černý viola
Michal Hreňo cello

Michiyo Keiko soprano