Janáček. Kodály. Shostakovich
The Professed House, a historic Baroque building in Prague's Lesser Town, was originally built for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) between 1674 and 1691. It houses a beautiful Baroque refectory, now used for chamber concerts.
Standard tickets: CZK 450
Senior tickets (65+): CZK 350
ŠEVČÍK QUARTET
Pavla Tesařová — first violin
Michael Fořt — second violin
Matouš Hasoň — viola
Adam Klánský — cello
Guests:
Marek Kozák — piano
Juraj Škoda — cello
Robert Schumann
String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41
Leoš Janáček
String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”
Zoltán Kodály
Duo, Op. 7 (part 3)
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
At the February concert the Prague Philharmonia’s Chamber Music Series will host the Ševčík Quartet for the very first time. Among other things, they will play Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, which he composed upon a suggestion of the Czech Quartet. It is a masterpiece by a composer who in his early seventies realized the importance of the string quartet as a musical form and brought his inspiration from Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata into the work.
The concert tonight will also offer a piece full of folk rhythms by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály and Quintet in G minor by Dmitri Shostakovich. The piano part will be played by the renowned pianist Marek Kozák, who in June 2021 became the laureate of the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich, one of the most prestigious and difficult international piano competitions.
