GYÖRGY KURTÁG Five movements from »Kafka Fragments« for soprano and violin, op. 24

LEOŠ JANÁČEK Five movements from »Moravian folk poetry in songs« for singing and piano

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Seven Romances after Poems by poems Alexander Blok for soprano and piano trio, op. 127

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Anna Prohaska Soprano

Veronika Eberle Violin

Alisa Weilerstein Violoncello

Iddo Bar-Shaï Piano

[This text has been translated electronically] The celebrated soprano Anna Prohaska is known for her interest in unusual programmes. In the chamber music circle, she also opens up a varied mix of works for us in her Schlossfestspiel debut. Together with violinist Veronika Eberle, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï, rarely performed pieces by Leoš Janáček, György Kurtág and Dmitri Shostakovich, among others, are combined. It becomes apparent that Janáček should not be reduced to his operas and Shostakovich to his symphonies. Rather, the experimental facets of their lesser-known chamber music hold unexpected surprises in store. In an exclusive dialogue with Prohaska, each of the three instruments is allowed to present its own sonic merits - an intimate dialogue as a nice alternative to the large-scale event we currently have to do without.