Violist

LA Phil cello David Garrett curates this concert focused on Bohemian composers. Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 2 has been called his “manifesto on love,” whereas Bohuslav Martinů’s Third String Quartet shows the influence of the time spent by the Czech composer in the oft-called “city of love,” Paris, where he absorbed French Impressionism from the likes of Debussy. The second half features a String Quintet—which adds a double bass to the standard string quartet—by the composer who pioneered the quintessential Bohemian voice, Antonín Dvořák.

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Bohemian Strings

Walt Disney Concert Hall

String quartets by Bartók and Tchaikovsky bookend this program—the visceral and cathartic former contrasting with the latter’s refined lyricism that famously moved the author Leo Tolstoy to tears in a moment Tchaikovsky called one of the proudest of his life. In between, musicians of the LA Phil perform a chamber reduction of the sweeping Prelude and “Liebestod” from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

Tchaikovsky and Wagner

Season Finale with Mendelssohn, Rontgen and  Brahms

Michael Larco

Violist

Events

May 2, 2023

Bohemian Strings · Los Angeles Philharmonic

Mar 28, 2023

Tchaikovsky and Wagner · Los Angeles Philharmonic

Jun 22, 2022

SEASON FINALE · Le Salon de Musiques

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