Programmes
INTIMATE LETTERS
Joaquín Turina: La Oración del Torero, Op. 34
Cecilia Damstrom: Letters, String Quartet No. 2
Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, ‘Intimate Letters’
Isidora Žebeljan: An intimate letter from the Judean desert
Isidora Žebeljan: Dark Velvet
Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41, No. 3
LOVE & MADNESS
Leoš Janáček: Quartet No. 1, ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41, No. 3
Isidora Žebeljan: An intimate letter from the Judean desert
Isidora Zebeljan: Polomka Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
LONDON CALLING
Henry Purcell: Chaconne
Benjamin Britten: String Quartet no 2
Frank Bridge: 3 Idylls, H.67
Edward Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
DSCH: TESTAMENT
Dmitri Shostakovich:
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Two Pieces for String Quartet (Elegy & Polka)
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117
FROM VIENNA TO HOLLYWOOD
with Natacha Kudritskaya or Nino Gvetadze (piano)
Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703, ‘Quartettsatz’
Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet
Anton Webern: 6 Bagatellen, Op. 9
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26
Bernard Herrmann: Psycho Suite OR Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Quintet in E major, Opus 15
LIFE STORIES
Joaquín Turina: La Oración del Torero, Op. 34
Pēteris Vasks: String Quartet No. 6
Isidora Žebeljan: An intimate letter from the Judean desert
Isidora Žebeljan: Dark Velvet
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, ‘From my life’
FROM MY LIFE
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117
Isidora Žebeljan: Dark Velvet
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, ‘From my life’
MEETING BEETHOVEN
Leoš Janáček: Quartet No. 1, ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Pēteris Vasks: String Quartet No. 6
DREAMS & PRAYERS
with Chen Halevi (klezmer clarinet) & Natacha Kudritskaya (piano)
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
Ernest Bloch: Prayer, from Jewish life
François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae
Osvaldo Golijov: ZZ’s Dream
Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, for klezmer clarinet & string quartet