On Sunday, February 2nd, the award-winning Aeolus Quartet returned to perform a program of Czech masterworks, including Antonín Dvořák's Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 81, one of the jewels of chamber music repertory. The program also included a selection of Dvořák's love songs from The Cypresses cycle as well as a colorful set of international dance pieces by Erwin Schulhoff. Aeolus is the quartet-in-residence at All Souls Church in NYC, performing at Bohemian National Hall as part of Musica Viva NY under the artistic direction of Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, who also collaborated as pianist in the program. Historical musicology scholar David Catchpole presented a pre-concert talk highlighting the featured works.

Aeolus Quartet, photo by Deborah Feingold

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