Part of Czech Mates - Czech chamber music with Dante Quartet
Dante Quartet with Alissa Firsova piano
Krysia Osostowicz violin
Giles Francis violin
Judith Busbridge viola
Bernard Gregor-Smith cello
Dvořák Bagatelles, Op. 47
Smetana String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, From my life
Janáček - Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for cello and piano, JW VII/5
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A, Op. 81
Smetana's autobiographical first quartet celebrates his early successes and expresses his deeply felt nationalism, before depicting the onset of his deafness. In Dvořák's Piano Quintet, the Dantes play with brilliant young composer/pianist Alissa Firsova, whose Paradiso for string quartet features in Friday's late-night concert.
"The Dantes capture the ecstatic intensity of Janacek's vision with an equally moving vulnerability." Harry Eyres, Last Word
"These [interpretations of Janacek's quartets] by the superb Dante Quartet, are suitably impassioned [with] greater intensity and tenderness [and] more alive to the lyricism that coexists with Janacek's harshest inventions." David Cairns, The Sunday Times
Click here to read more about Dante Quartet.
Alissa Firsova's photo by Dmitri Smirnov
Choose where you would like to sit. Use our seating plan to choose your price and seat.
Only £9.50 (£6.50 for KP45 concerts) and ONLY available online. You are guaranteed a seat but its location will be allocated by Box Office and available for collection one hour before the performance.
Date: Wednesday 17 February
Time: 19:30
Venue: Hall One
Please note that online booking closes 90 minutes prior to the start of the performance.
