Dvořák & Zelenka

July 19, 2025, 6:00 pm

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The Calidore String Quartet poses in an ornate room
Calidore String Quartet

This week features the harmonic inventiveness of two pivotal Czech composers. It’s a musical hour that holds Dvorak’s String Sextet in A Major, with its lively melodies and dances, and a Baroque Trio Sonata for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, and continuo by Zelenka.

Playlist

Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonata No. 3 in B-flat Major for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, and Continuo, ZWV 181/3
Nathan Hughes, oboe, Sue Heineman, bassoon; William Hagen, violin; Alastair Eng, cello; Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord

Antonín Dvořák: String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
Calidore String Quartet (Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violin; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello) with Toby Appel, viola; Peter Stumpf, cello