Ottawa Chamber Music Society

Attila Falvay - violin
Zoltán Tuska - violin
János Fejérvári - viola
György Éder - cello

Programme

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, opus 95, Serioso		Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
	Allegro con brio Allegretto ma non troppo Allegro assai vivace ma serioso Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro

String Quartet No. 2 in D-flat major, opus 15, no. 2		Ernst von Dohnányi 1877-1960
	Andante Presto acciacato Molto adagio - Animato
I n t e r m i s s i o n
String Quartet in F major (1902-03)		Maurice Ravel 1875-1937
	Allegro moderato - Très doux Assez vif - Très rhythmé Très lent Vif et agité

Biography

The Kodály Quartet was formed in 1966 in Budapest by students of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music and was named for Zoltán Kodály thanks to the interest and support of the composer's widow.

Acclaimed today as Hungary's premier chamber ensemble, the Quartet has toured throughout Europe, the United States, Central and South America, the Far East, Australia, Japan, the former Soviet Union, and New Zealand. The Quartet has appeared in major American venues, including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, and performed in 2001 in the Ottawa Chamber Music Society's concert series.

The ensemble's wide-ranging international festival appearances include the Bath
Festival in England, Ljubljana Festival in the former Yugoslavia, and Estoril Festival in Portugal.

In addition to the standard classical repertoire, the Kodály Quartet regularly performs works by the major Hungarian composers Kodály, Bartók, Dohnányi, and others. The Quartet's extensive discography has been critically acclaimed worldwide and has garnered coveted awards. It includes the Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert string quartet cycles, and the Debussy and Ravel
quartets.

The recording of Kodály’s two string quartets was selected by Stereo Review as a Recording of Special Merit. The Kodály Quartet has received the Ferenc Liszt Award (1970), Merited Artist of the Hungarian Republic Award (1990), and the Bartók-Pásztory Award (1996).