Wihan Quartet
Leoš Čepický and Jan Schulmeister (violins), Jakub Čepický (viola), Michal Kanka (cello)
Janáček: String quartet no 1 Kreutzer Sonata
Dvořák: String quartet no 10 in E flat major, op 51
Smetana: String quartet no 1 in E minor From my life
Wihan Quartet
Saturday 9 March 2024 at 3:00pm
St James’s Church, Pottergate, Alnwick, NE66 1JW
The Wihan Quartet has been described by International Record Review as “one of the best quartets in the world today”.
Over the years it has developed an outstanding reputation for the interpretation of its native Czech heritage, and of the many classical, romantic and modern masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire.
2024 marks the 120th anniversary of the death of Dvořák and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Smetana, so the Wihan Quartet, approaching its 40th anniversary, brings us an all Czech programme of works.
“The Wihan are consummate instrumentalists in the great Czech tradition, as they show by their richly expressive account of the long, elaborately wrought C major quartet.”
The Times review of Dvořák String Quartets CD
Adults £16 19-30 years £6 18 and under Free