And That is Why Music is So Dangerous

5th June 2023 (Mon), 7:30pm

Performers:
Cindy Ho – Piano
Romer Quartet – String Quartet

Programme:
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81
Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”, JW 7/8

俄國作家托爾斯泰甚鍾貝多芬《克萊采奏鳴曲》，因此賦下同名小說，以車廂對話交代一宗貴族謀殺案的來龍去脈，層層揭櫫人性惡俗，箇中情節奇特曲折，折射音樂激揚震撼，卻暗藏凶險，足以捲起穿空濁浪，傾瀉人心劇變。由嫉恨至愉悅，從焦敝到煥發，或許祗消數音。捷克作曲家楊納傑克深受小說啟發，遂創作同名弦樂四重奏，重塑主人公的內心衝突、情緒爆發與救贖。鋼琴家何欣欣與羅曼弦樂四重奏此度聯袂，為座上客呈獻捷國樂聲。高地異韻正歌，眾人將以德伏札克簽名式的民俗舞樂與波希米亞式旋律提綱挈領，曲中懾人心魂的歡騰與哀戚，渾成巴爾幹的重巒碧水，流入最深邃的心谷。

Very fond of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstoy composed a name-after novella which unfolded a gruesome aristocratic murder from hearsay within a train compartment, stripping bare human evils, and more unexpectedly, the stirring danger of music on manipulating human sensations: from jealousy to joy, from anguish to radiance, perhaps a few notes suffice. Deeply inspired by the novella, the Czech composer Leoš Janáček composed a string quartet of the same name, recreating the inner conflicts, emotional outbursts and catharsis of the character. Pianist Cindy Ho is joined by Romer String Quartet this time to present some of the most exotic tunes from Czech highlands. Leading with Antonín Dvořák’s signature folk dances and Bohemian tunes, the ensemble will take the audience to the picturesque Balkans landscape, from the most verdant peaks of jubilation to the deepest valleys of sorrow.

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