In this already proven combination of two prominent chamber ensembles from the UK English and Czechia we will be treated to three string octets from the early compositional era of Mozart, Brahms and Shostakovich, but also a selection from The Art of the Fugue, which symbolically concludes the Bach XXII festival project for this year.
“Music with the intimacy of a string quartet and the sound colours of a chamber orchestra – that is the Octet in E flat major by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.”
Dita Hradecká
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in F major KV 138
Johann Sebastian Bach / Sylvie Bodorová
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten
The Art of Fugue for soprano, two string quartets and harp (selection)
Dmitrij Dmitrijevič Šostakovič
Two Pieces for String Octet Op. 11
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
String Octet in E flat major Op. 20
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