Concentus Moraviae Quartet
Josef Špaček / violin, viola
Joel Link / violin, viola
Alex Link / violin, viola
Henry Flory / violin
Kian Soltani / violoncello
Program:
Luboš Fišer: Variations on an Unknown Theme for string quartet
Violin 1: Joel Link
Violin 2: Josef Špaček
Viola: Jakub Fišer
Cello: Kian Soltani
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 D major Op. 18/3
Violin 1: Henry Flory
Violin 2: Joel Link
Viola: Josef Špaček
Cello: Kian Soltani
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello No. 2 G major Op. 111
Violin 1: Josef Špaček
Violin 2: Henry Flory
Viola 1: Jakub Fišer
Viola 2: Joel Link
Cello: Kian Soltani
The Concentus Moraviae Quartet has been assembled especially for this year’s festival by the violinist, Josef Špaček, from the ranks of his excellent classmates from America. For their first concert, they have prepared Luboš Fišer’s enigmatic Variations on an unknown theme, Beethoven’s technically brilliant, yet still poetic D major quartet and Brahms’ little-heard G major string quartet, in which the strict and usually sombre composer captured experiences from Vienna’s Prater with irresistible humour: the playing of the barrel organ, the fiddling bandmaster and melancholic sobs in inappropriate harmonies.
