The Classical Music Club Toronto

Sunday, January 26, 2003, 2:00 p.m.

LEOŠ JANÁČEK

A Chamber Music Selection

Presto (1910). A Fairy Tale (1910, revised 1923).
Boris Pergamenschikow, cello, András Schiff, piano (15’) from London 440 312-2

On the Overgrown Path, Series 1 (1901–08)
I. Our evenings; II. A blown-away leaf; III. Come with us!; IV. The Madonna of Frýdek; V. They chattered like swallows.
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano(13’) from Virgin Classics 0777 7596392 2

Violin Sonata (1914–21)
I. Con moto; II. Ballada: Con moto; III. Allegretto; IV. Adagio.
Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano (18’) from Virgin Classics 7243 5 45122 2 3

String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer" (1923)
I. Adagio – Con moto; II. Con moto vivace; III. Con moto – Vivace – Andante; IV. Con moto.
Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen, violin; Annette Bik, violin; Veronika Hagen, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello) (18’) from ECM 827 024-2

––Intermission—

On the Overgrown Path, Series 1 (1901–08)
VI. Words fail!; VII. Good night!; VIII. Unutterable anguish!; IX. In tears; X. The barn owl has not flown away.
András Schiff, piano (14’) from London 440 313-2

Concertino (1925).
András Schiff, piano; Musiktage Mondsee Ensemble (Elmar Schmid, clarinet; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Jiři Panocha, violin; Pavel Zejfart, violin; Miroslav Sehnoutka, viola). (16’) from London 440 313-2

String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters" (1928)
I. Andante – Allegro; II. Adagio – Piu mosso – Vivace – Andante – Presto; III. Moderato – Adagio – Allegro; IV. Allegro – Andante – Allegro – Adagio – Tempo Primo.
Lindsay String Quartet (Peter Cropper, violin; Ronald Birks, violin; Robin Ireland, viola; Bernard Gregor-Smith, cello) (25’) from ASV CD DCA 749