PRO MUSICA QUARTET: The marathon quartet series #8
‘SMETANA & BRAHMS’
Thursday, 23rd May 2024 at 19:30
At Neilson Hays Library
Tickets: 900THB, Library Members 800THB, Students 200THB
Booking online: https://bit.ly/promusicaQUARTET
Program
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, “From My Life”
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Pro Musica Quartet:
Leo Phillips Violin
Jirajet Jetsadachet Violin
Tasana Nagavajara Viola
Hut Wongwechwiwat Cello
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The two String Quartets in our May programme are great staples of the Romantic Repertoire. Smetana’s ‘From My Life’, composed in 1876, was a musical reflection upon a life that encompassed true happiness, his falling in love, the beauty of his own nation’s Bohemian musical tradition, and then utter catastrophe as encroaching deafness due to syphillis forced him to contemplate a bleak future. One of the most performed string quartets of this era, the vividness that Smetana brings to this powerful music is intense.
Brahms’ A minor Opus 51 quartet was premiered three years before Smetana wrote ‘From My Life’, in 1873, and it remains a favourite of many string players and string quartet afficionados to this day. Richly expansive, lush and lyrical, it is the sort of work that can, on its own, kick off an ardent love of chamber music.
*** Children’s Attendance***
Although there’s no minimum age for admittance, many evening concerts aren’t suitable for young children. Children should be able to sit quietly through a concert.
Children are encouraged to attend the kids concerts, which are programmed especially for families
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If your payment is not completed within 3 days of the online order, it will be automatically cancelled.
With the limited parking space available at the Library, it’s recommended that you take a taxi or use public transportation. If you do drive, parking is available at Bangkok Union Insurance, 175/177 Surawong Road (garage entry on Soi Anuman Rajdhon 1) a 5-minute walk to the Neilson Hays Library. They charge a fee of THB 30 per hour for parking.
