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All the best stories come from within

This program is built on music born from personal experience, centered around Bedřich Smetana's seminal String Quartet No. 1 — an unabashedly autobiographical work that puts his Czech heritage front and center. In a similar spirit, Christos Hatzis's String Quartet No. 1, "Awakening", weaves Inuit throat singing and locomotive engines into a singular, deeply personal and enigmatic musical story. Answering that same call to write from the self, Mitso Floor is composing new material - developed and workshopped by Friction Quartet for its world premiere on this very program.

- Curated by Mitso Floor

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Program

Bedřich Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

I. Allegro vivo appassionato

II. Allegro moderato à la Polka

III. Largo sostenuto

IV. Vivace

Christos Hatzis - String Quartet No. 1 "The Awakening"

Mitso Floor/Friction Quartet - New Work

Performers

Friction Quartet

Otis Harriel, violin

Kevin Rogers, violin

Mitso Floor, viola

Doug Machiz, cello