Concert in Sofia Art Gallery, March 2009

(video from the concert)
Quarto Quartet like a guests of Sofia Chamber Music Festival in Sofia Art Gallery.
(video from the concert)

Program:G. Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor, L. Pipkov - Piano Quartet (1938), Fr. Schubert - "Trout" Quintet in A major

Pictures from the concert!
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Quarto Quartet in Bulgaria Recital Hall, 30 April 2009

Quarto Quartet in Bulgaria Recital Hall, 30 April 2009

Tickets are available on +359 2 951 5571, www.ticketstream.bg , quartoquartet@gmail.com and at the box office of Bulgaria Hall

Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From My Life"
The composition of the first string quartet From My Life was preceded by a period of fateful changes in Smetana's life। In 1874 he lost his hearing। Two years later he moved with his family to Jabkenice in the countryside, which seemed to him like an expulsion; he suffered from his deafness and missed contact with like-minded company. He presented the string quartet as a conversation within a close circle of four friends who discuss what is tormenting them. It is a kind of passionate and resigned dialogue between a spirited person and his destiny.

Franz Schubert
'Trout' Quintet in A major for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano, D667, composed in summer 1819 during an excursion to Upper Austria. The title is so called because the fourth of the five movements is a set of variations on his song The Trout/Die Forelle, D550, (1817).

Special thanks to New Symphony Orchestra
for the realization of this concert.

(The Musicians of "Quarto")

Bartok, Schubert and Brahms in Bulgarian National Radio

Ivan Penchev-violin,
Atanas Iliev-clarinet,
Dimo Dimov-piano
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Bartok-Contrasts in BNR,
April 2008
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Bulgarian National Radio and
Quarto Quartet's
Project

Quarto Quartet's Concert Season 2008/2009

Ivan Penchev-violin, Darina Vassileva-piano,
Tatyana Todorova-viola, Stoyan Bozhkov-cello,
Pavel Rusev-cello, Svetlana Stancheva-violin, Silvet Salieva-double bass

and Atanas Iliev-clarinet

Ivan Penchev, violin and prof. Dimo Dimov, piano
L. van Beethoven - Ten Violin Sonatas
Fr. Schubert - Sonatinas for violin & piano D. 384, D. 385 and D. 408
R. Schumann - Violin Sonatas No. 1, Op. 105 and No. 2, Op. 121
J. Brahms - Three Violin Sonatas Op 78, Op 100 and Op 108
B. Bartok - Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (recorded for the "Gold Archive" of BNR)

"Quarto" Trio:
Fr. Schubert - The Piano Trios D. 898, D. 929 and Notturno in E-flat major, D. 897
A. Dvorak - Terzetto for two violins and viola Op. 74

"Quarto" Piano Quartet:
W. A. Mozart - Two Piano Quartets K. 478 and K. 493
Fr. Schubert - Piano Quintet D. 667 "The Trout" and Adagio and Rondo Concertante D. 487
L. v. Beethoven - Three Piano Quartets WoO.36
R. Schumann - Piano Quartet Op. 47 and Piano Quintet Op. 44
J. Brahms - Piano Quartets No.1 Op.25 and No.2 Op.26
G. Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor
A. Dvorak - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, op. 81
A. Rubinstein - Piano Quartet Op. 66
R. Fuchs - Piano Quartet No.2 in B minor, Op.75
Fr. Bridge - Phantasie Piano Quartet (1910)
L. Pipkov - Piano Quartet (1938)
A. Piazzolla - "Four for Tango"

"Quarto" String Quartet:
J. Haydn - String Quartets G Minor "Rider" - Op. 74,
"The Joke" - Op. 33, "The Lark" - Op. 64 and "Kaiser" - Op. 76
L. v. Beethoven - String Quartets op.18
Fr. Schubert - String Quartets "Quartettsatz" D. 103 and "Rosamunde" D. 804
B. Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From My Life"
A. Borodin - String Quartet No.2 in D Major
Jeffrey Ryan -"Slash" String Quartet No.2 (2004)

"Quarto" Ensemble:
W. A. Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
J. Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
L. v. Beethoven - Sextet in Eb for 2 Horns and Strings
A. Dvorak - String Quintet in G major, Op. 77 (Op. 18)
G. Rossini - String Sonatas
L. Janáček - Suite for Strings
A. Piazzolla - "Oblivion Tango", "Libertango" and others