We tend to look at 20th-century music along lines provided by familiar binaries: Stravinsky vs. Schoenberg, tonal vs. serial, folk tradition vs. modernism. One of the reasons Janacek’s music is so ...

On Tuesday 13 October at 8pm, the Manoel Theatre is presenting a recital by the well-known Czech quartet, the Janacek String Quartet. The Janacek Quartet (pictured) performs widely in the Czech ...

The Skampa Quartet play music from their Czech homeland at LSO St Luke's in London. Smetana's first string quartet evokes happy memories from his youth and the terrible onset of his later deafness, ...

It was a truly beautiful concert. The Pacifica Quartet constructed a program that complemented their skill in terms of both breadth and expression. They began with Schubert’s early String Quartet in E ...

Haydn, String Quartet in C major, Op. 74, No. 1 Janacek, String Quartet No. 2 ("Intimate Letters") Brayhms, String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 With a thick curtain as a sonic backdrop, acoustics ...

Unfamiliar with the Zemlinksy's music, I found his String Quartet No. 1 a welcome revelation. But the musicians' onstage bonhomie and vivid engagement with the audience, along with their tremendous ...

Retiring UVic professor and oboist Alexandra Pohran-Dawkins will be honoured at the school’s next Faculty Chamber Music Series on Saturday. What: Emily Carr String Quartet. When/where: Sunday, 2:30 ...

There’s a romantic feeling aplenty and a wry dissonance in the composer’s pieces, which depict a state of emotional and psychological turmoil Janácek: The two string quartets on twitter (opens in a ...

Brian Friel's 'Performances' weaves the music of Leos Janácek and the love triangle involving his wife and Kamila Stösslová, … Brian Friel's 'Performances' weaves the music of Leos Janácek and the ...

John Adams – John’s Book of Alleged Dances (exc). Beethoven – String Quartet in F, Op 18 No 1 . Janacék – String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters This concert opens a six-venue Music Network tour by the ...