Lecture: Martinů

Aleš Březina writes music for theatre and film, among other things, he is a musicologist and director of the Bohuslav Martinů Institute in Prague. He is deeply involved in the person and work of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. This compatriot of Březina's nurtured a lifelong love for the string quartet. In a blazing speech, Březina explains Martinů’s commitment. The Pavel Haas Quartet illustrates with short excerpts how to perform Martinů’s music and, above all, how not to.