Dvořák Prague Festival • Kožená & Czech Philharmonic String Quartet

Song interpretation is, by nature, a chamber discipline. Partnering with a chamber ensemble or piano underscores the intimate character of many art song compositions.

Programme

Ernest Chausson
Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F Major

Antonín Dvořák
Four Songs, Op. 82, B. 157

Antonín Dvořák
Cypresses (for string quartet), B. 152 (selection)

Antonín Dvořák
Selection of songs (arr. for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano by Duncan Ward)

Performers

Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Andrea Rysová flute
Jan Mach clarinet
Karel Košárek piano

Czech Philharmonic String Quartet