Wihan Quartet
Leoš Čepický / 1st violin
Jan Schulmeister / 2nd violin
Jakub Čepický / viola
Aleš Kaspřík / cello
Program:
Josef Suk: Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale St. Wenceslas Op. 35a
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 A minor Op. 132
Two quartet compositions containing prayers will be performed at the Ivančice house of the Lords of Lipá. Josef Suk wrote Meditation on the Saint Wenceslas Chorale when anxious about the fate of the nation in the bloody confusion of the First World War. Beethoven,who experienced a new influx of joie de vivre after recovering from a drawn out illness, placed the captivating the Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity in his A minor quartet.
