A programme of MUSE String Quartet Festival
繆思弦樂四重奏音樂節節目
節目 Programme
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
JANÁČEK String Quartet No. 1, ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
The finale of the Impromptu Series invites you to ponder the meaning of life through the connection between music and literature. The existential question “Muss es sein? Es muss sein!” (“Must it be? It must be!”) from Beethoven’s final quartet, Op. 135, echoes through eminent Czech writer Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Join string principals from the Czech Philharmonic on a journey that connects the works of these two titans. The concert will begin with a ‘Music in Words’ session introducing the theme, followed by a performance of Beethoven’s Op. 135. The evening will conclude with Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, titled ‘Kreutzer Sonata’, featured in the 1988 film adaptation of Kundera’s celebrated novel.
Artists
Czech Philharmonic String Principals
Irena Jakubcová, violin
Petra Brabcová, violin
Eva Krestová, viola
Václav Petr, cello
Prof. Daniel Chua, speaker
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