GRAFFE STRING QUARTET

Štěpán Graffe, violin Lukáš Cybulski, viola

       Lukáš Bednařík, violin Michal Hreňo, violoncello

American tour: October/November, 2008

Program Choice (REVISED 5/15/08)

Program I                                                                                                                                                                           Timings

Joseph Haydn                                   String Quartet in G minor, op. 74 (“The Rider”)                                                              (18')

(1732-1809)

Ludwig van Beethoven                    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 18, no. 6                                                                     (25')

(1770-1827)

Felix Mendelssohn                           String Quartet in F minor, op. 80                                                                                      (25')

(1809-1847)

Program II

Karel Stamic                                    String Quartet in D major                                                                                                 (15')

(1745-1801)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart             String Quartet in G major, KV 387                                                                                  (25')

(1756-1791)

Leoš Janáček                                    String Quartet No. 2 (“Intimate Letters”) [1928]                                                              (25')

 (1854-1928)

Additional works available on request:

Antun Dobronic                               String Quartet No. 1 “Pjesma srodnih duša”                                                                    (15')

(1878-1955)

Vitezslav Novak                               String Quartet in D major, op. 35                                                                                     (30')

(1870-1949)

All-Czech program:

Karel Stamic                                    String Quartet in D major                                                                                                 (15')

(1745-1801):

Vitezslav Novak                               String Quartet in D major, op. 35                                                                                     (30')

(1870-1949)

Leoš Janáček                                    String Quartet No. 2 (“Intimate Letters”) [1928]                                                             (25')

(1854-1928)

Special works with pianist MICHIKO OTAKI:

Robert Schumann                             Quintet for Piano and String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 44                                            (30')

(1810-1856)

Bohuslav Martinů                             *Quintet for Piano and String Quartet No. 2, H. 298 [1944]                                            (32')

(1890-1959)

Antonín Dvořák                               Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, op. 81

(1841-1904)                                                                                                                                                                                (38')

*Commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the composer’s death

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