Archived Event

Zemlinsky and Janácek
Zemlinsky Quartet
Date
Mon 29 May 2017, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Zemlinsky Quartet

    Programme

    Overview

    Prague-born, Paris-based composer Kryštof Mařatka, who studied with Petr Eben at the PragueConservatory, has made a high-spirited arrangementof Janáček’s wind sextet Mládí for string quartet.The four-movement piece complements the rhythmicenergy, folk-like boldness and passion of Zemlinsky’sFirst String Quartet of 1896, a ravishing masterworkof late Romantic music.

    BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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