Fibonacci Quartet

Both intimate and autobiographical, Fibonacci Quartet bring this deeply personal programme to life.

One of Europe’s leading string quartets, Fibonacci Quartet, brings their trademark brilliance to a programme of Scottish and Czech music, each work exploring the nature of love and communication.

In her First Quartet (2014) Helen Grime focuses on pairs of instruments in different combinations, exploring the way they ‘speak’ to each other. Leoš Janáček’s Second String Quartet (1928), subtitled Intimate Letters, was inspired by the composer’s infatuation with Kamila Stösslová. It gives prominence to the viola, the instrument Janáček associated with Kamila.

More personal stories feature in Bedřich Smetana’s 1876 String Quartet in E minor, titled From My Life. It is infused with both the composer’s love of his country and anguish at his increasing deafness. Smetana entrusted what he called the ‘small friendly circle’ of the string quartet to tell his story.


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Supported by Niall and Carol Lothian

Programme

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Full programme

Helen Grime String Quartet No.1 (2014)

15mins

Janáček String Quartet No.2  ‘Intimate Letters’

26mins

I. Andante
II. Adagio
III. Moderato
IV. Allegro

Smetana String Quartet in E minor,  ‘From my Life’ (1876)

28mins

I. Allegro vivo appassionato
II. Allegro moderato à la polka
III. Largo sostenuto
IV. Vivace

Loewe (arr. Fibonacci Quartet)

I could have danced all night

On the street where you live (excerpt)

ENCORE

Performers

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  • Kryštof Kohout & Luna de Mol
    Violin
  • Elliot Kempton
    Viola
  • Findlay Spence
    Cello

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