OPENING CONCERT / Shostakovich vs. Schubert

ABOUT

This evening juxtaposes the lovely world of early Romanticism, the lyrical and tender music of the Schubert Quintet with a composition born in the horrors and turmoil of the Second World War.

Programme and performers

Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
I. Andante – Moderato
II. Allegro con brio
III. Largo
IV. Allegretto – Adagio

Konstantin Lifschitz – piano, Pavel Šporcl – violin, Jiří Bárta – cello

Interval

Franz Schubert
Quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass in A major, D.667 “Trout Quintet”
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Presto
IV. Andantino – Allegretto
V. Allegro giusto

Konstantin Lifschitz – piano, Pavel Šporcl – violin, Karel Untermüller – viola, Jiří Bárta – cello, Tomáš Vybíral – double-bass