Photo Credit: Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Performance by
Charles Berofsky piano
William Hagen violin
Oskar NEDBAL Romantisches Stück (Romantic Piece) Op. 18 ▪ 1910
▪ emotive salon duo with a clever nod, albeit veiled, to Mozart’s “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman”—the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”—for cello and piano
Zdeněk FIBICH Quintet in D Major Op. 42 ▪ 1893
▪ proudly Romantic with resplendent tone colors and a Schubertian Scherzo marked to be played “with wild humor”— uniquely for violin, clarinet, horn, cello, and piano
František ONDŘIČEK Scherzo capriccioso Op. 18 ▪ 1901
▪ dazzling show of violin technique and sweeping melodic arcs, with a Bohemian flavor
Antonín DVOŘÁK String Sextet in A Major Op. 48 ▪ 1878
▪ the Idol of Prague’s rapturous beauty “flowing with Slavonic blood”
