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Pavel Haas Quartet | String Quartet No. 5
Saturday 19 April 2026, 7.30 pmRudi Müller Saal, Haus des Gastes, Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Vítězslava KAPRÁLOVÁ: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: String Quartet No. 5, H 268
Antonín DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 11 in C major Op. 61, B 121
Pavel Haas Quartet:
Veronika Jarůšková (violin)
Marek Zwiebel (violin)
Šimon Truszka (viola)
Petr Jarůšek (cello)
The Pavel Haas Quartet from Prague is one of Europe’s leading string quartets, with a particular focus on Czech and Slovak music. This concert features an all-Czech programme.
Bohuslav Martinů’s Fifth String Quartet is a powerful and deeply personal work. In the score, he included a number of private remarks, among them reflections on his close relationship with his student, the exceptionally gifted composer Vítězslava Kaprálová, who was 25 years his junior.
Kaprálová was on the verge of establishing herself as one of Europe’s most prominent composers when she tragically died at the age of just 25. She had only just turned 20 when she composed her First String Quartet, which opens the concert. The music breathes both optimism and melancholy.