Pavel Haas Quartet

Named after the Czech composer, a brilliant pupil of Leoš Janáček who was imprisoned by the Nazis in Terezin and died in Auschwitz, the revered Pavel Haas quartet celebrate their 20th anniversary this year. Live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, the Pavel Haas Quartet include the seventh and final quartet by Bohuslav Martinů, written in exile in the USA, a work full of optimism and joy for his Czech homeland to which he hoped to return.

Haydn: String Quartet in G major Op. 76/1
Martinů: String Quartet No 7 H314

INTERVAL at 11.55am
The Czech Philharmonic play Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op. 46 nos 1,2 7 & 8 recorded in Prague's renowned Rudolfinum and conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek

Schubert: String Quartet in G D.887

Presented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Lindsay Pell