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As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance. 4 PROGRAM Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3, Clara Robert Schumann Andante expressivo: Allegro molto moderato (1810-1856) Assai agitato – Un poco adagio – Tempo Adagio molto Allegro molto vivace Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters Leoš Janáček Andante (1854-1928) Adagio Moderato Allegro INTERMISSION Quartet in C. Major, Op. 59, No. 3, Hero Ludwig Van Beethoven Andante con moto – Allegro vivace (1770-1827) Andante con moto quasi – Allegretto Menuetto Allegro molto 5 Program Notes Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3, Clara and a deep identification with the Czechoslovakian musical Robert Schumann (1810-1856) spirit. Considered by many to be one of the great composers Unlike many composers, whose developing styles of Eastern Europe, Janáček is often grouped with Bedřich can be traced over time, Robert Schumann wrote in sets of Smetana and Antonín Dvořák as one of the “three pillars of more than 100 songs, including the cycles Dichterliebe and Czech music.” Frauenliebe und Leben in 1840 (the year he finally married A vivid dynamic is at the heart of all of Janáček’s his beloved Clara), two symphonies in 1841, and most of his compositions, and this dynamic often originates in the Chamber music in 1842. spoken word. Janáček based many of his pieces on literary The first movement opens with a slow introduction of themes with an emphasis on the rhythms found in speech the main theme, which seems to be calling out “Cla-ra.” The patterns. His two quartets, which both bear reference to descending fifth motto occurs throughout the movement. If written works, are often cited as his greatest Chamber pieces. this theme is full of a lyricism that displays the composer’s The first quartet, written in 1923, was based on themes songwriting skills, then the second theme – a lilting melody found in the story The Kreutzer Sonata. Janáček was inspired in the cello and first violin – shows the influence of Schu- by the passion in Leo Tolstoy’s tale of a woman’s tragic mann the pianist.