Antonín Dvořák
Notturno für Streichorchester H-Dur op. 40

Leoš Janáček
Streichquartett Nr. 1 („Kreutzer-Sonate“) in einer Fassung für Streichorchester

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonate für Klavier und Violine A-Dur op. 47 („Kreutzer-Sonate“) in einer Fassung für Streichorchester

Our musicians come together several times each season not only in large symphonic formations, but also as the Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra - this time led by our first concertmaster Sayako Kusaka, who is also the ensemble's artistic director. They choose the pieces for their concerts themselves.

A string quartet with „sonata“ in its nickname? To avoid any confusion: Tolstoy's story „The Kreutzer Sonata“, which is about Beethoven's famous violin sonata, inspired Leoš Janáček to write his first string quartet in 1923. Apparently the literature had a very inspiring effect, as he completed it within an astonishing nine days. Both works, Janáček's quartet and Beethoven's sonata, can also be heard in this larger instrumentation after Dvořák's short lyrical „Nachtstück“ for string orchestra.