Friday, April 8, 2011

Kodály String Quartet

Friday 8th April & Saturday 9th April at 7 pm, Mazda Hall

(Free Admittance)

Attila Falvay, 1st violin
Erika Tóth, 2nd violin
János Fejérvári, viola
György Éder, cello
Programme 1
Haydn: Quartet Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor (Rider); Mendelssohn: Quartet Op. 44 No. 1 in D major and Beethoven: Quartet Op. 132 in A minor

Programme 2
Beethoven: Quartet Op. 18 No. 2 in G major; Schumann: Quartet Op. 41 No. 1 in A minor; Liszt: Angelus and Dvorak: Quartet No. 12 in F major (American)

The Kodály Quartet from Budapest has continued to exemplify the greatest standards of the rich Hungarian musical tradition which it has carried on with such extraordinary distinction throughout the world during over four decades of international appearances. International critics have been lavish with remarkable acclaim for the Kodály Quartet's numerous (over 50) recordings, including the monumental undertaking of the complete cycles of Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert for Naxos.

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