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Dvořákova Praha 2024 | String Quartet No. 1
Sunday 14 Seprember 2025, 11.00 amSt Agnes Convent, Prague, CZ
Dvořákova Praha 2025 – The Moldau and the Seine Dialogue
Gabriel FAURÉ: La bonne chanson, op. 61
Ernest CHAUSSON: Chanson perpétuelle, op. 37
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Four Songs on the Words by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský, Op. 2, B. 124
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: String Quartet No. 1, H 117 “French Quartet”
Joseph JONGEN: Calmes, aux quais déserts, op. 54
Guillaume LEKEU: Trois poémes, č. 3 Nocturne
Camille SAINT-SÄENS: Désir de l’Orient
Jules MASSENET: Nuit d’Espagne
Kateřina Kněžíková (soprano)
Martin kasík (piano)
Petr Ries (double bass)
Bennewitz Quartet
The concert from the Dvořák Collection, curated by soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, will offer a varied program including an instrumental intermezzo performed by the Bennewitz Quartet.
The riverbanks grow quiet as boats drift into slumber, and the burdens of a long day fadeaway. Though heard only at the concert’s close, this lyric—reminiscent of A Hard Day’s Night—captures this programme’s essence: passion, elegance, and a touch of enchanting nostalgia.
Kateřina Kněžíková, joined by the rich sound of a piano and string quartet or quintet, bringsthis atmosphere to life. Gabriel Fauré’s La Bonne Chanson and Ernest Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle open a window into Antonín Dvořák’s world, while Dvořák’s songs set to Gustav Pfleger-Moravský’s poetry reveal the composer’s Czech and Schubert-inspired soul. Bohuslav Martinů’s “French” quartet evokes his early dreams of Paris, seen from his hometown of Polička and from Prague.
The evening drifts to a close with Joseph Jongen’s final song—like a woman slipping behind a veil—leaving hearts open to dreams beneath the first star, so often Venus.
