elias string quartet





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Repertoire & Availability

Program offerings, 2012-13 season

Master list of pieces offered:

Czech composers

Dvorak:  String Quartet in D-minor, Op. 34
Dvorak:  String Quartet in F-Major, Op. 96 ("American")
Dvorak:  String Quartet in Ab-Major, Op. 105
Dvorak:  String Quartet in G-Major, Op. 106
*Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900):  String Quartet No. 1
**Jiri Gemrot (b.1957):  new work composed for Prazak Quartet (2011)
**Pavel Haas (1899-1944, Auschwitz):  String Quartet No. 3 (1938)
Janacek:  String Quartet No. 1 ("Kreutzer Sonata")
Janacek:  String Quartet No. 2 ("Intimate Letters")
*Jan Kalivoda (1801-1866):  String Quartet
**Hans Krasa (1899-1944, Auschwitz):  Thema noc variationi
**Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942):  String Quartet No. 1
Smetana:  String Quartet No. 1 in E-minor ("From My Life")
**Josef Suk (1874-1935):  String Quartet No. 1

*These works are excellent opening pieces
**These works are excellent second pieces

Non Czech composers

Beethoven:  Quartet in F-Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Beethoven:  Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Brahms:  Quartet in C-minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Brahms:  Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 67
Mozart:  Quartet in D major, "Hoffmeister", K. 499
Mozart:  Quartet in B-flat major, K. 589
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942):  String Quartet No. 1

Please construct your program using the above guidelines and advise us of your preference. The Prazak Quartet is very flexible, but will need to approve all program selections.