B. Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 "From my life" / Meccore String Quartet at Wigmore Hall

B. Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From my life"
Wigmore Hall, London
23.02.2020
Performers / MSQ:
Wojciech Koprowski - violin
Aleksandra Bryła - violin
Michał Bryła - viola
Marcin Mączyński - cello
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[@BrianTimmonsTX]

0:40 the very opening is so dramatic!
Viola players : "No one writes any good parts for us!"
Smetana: "Hold my beer."

[@christianbrodiez5287]

C'est une interprétation magistrale de ce superbe quatuor de Smetana "de ma vie " .en particulier ,la partie d'alto est d'une grande beauté .

[@waltermayr339]

Welches Glück hier zuzuhören.

[@islatheremin]

Oh wow! such fire and passion! You guys kept on getting stronger and more attuned to each other the whole work kept going on. What an absolute gem. the 4th movement is pure gold dust. I shall see you next time you’re at wigmore. this is one of my most cherished works. you should be well proud! bloody well done 👏👏

[@SuperMelvyn]

I know little about string playing but am an experienced listener. This seems to me an exceptional performance of a marvelous work. The four play as one yet each has his/her own individuality when required as in the arresting opening viola solo. They play as if the composition is happening in the moment - no sense of rehearsed notes getting in the way. And the work itself is a masterpiece crowned by that riveting ending with the penetrating high violin note symbolising Smetana's approaching deafness and his subsequent dealng with it, all beaufifully understanding. Is it mere accident that the 1st violin motif immediately following that high note is a "quotation" from the funeral march of Beethoven's Eroica?

[@WoutDC]

Such a beautiful piece of music, one of my favourites in string quartet literature, and a wonderfull, joyous performance, thanks for putting this out here on youtube!

[@stephenskinner3851]

Painful beauty - extraordinary

[@aniwee17]

So happy that I finally found your performance on TH-cam.

[@MeccoreStringQuartet]

We are very happy! :)

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

I never can't decide whether I like the original or Szell's orchestration better. It just works so well in both iterations. You certainly play it with the same intensity that Szell conducted this with in his own recording.

[@estherjiahezhang]

14:35

[@triorodin2197]

Fantastic!!

[@vanpatb]

What an amazing interpretation, it makes me want to cry. So beautiful! Thanks .

[@user-fv3ib2hg6p]

제가 사랑하는 스메타나의 명곡을 열정적으로 연주해주어서 감사합니다^^

[@CarolruizNlpiano]

This is such an amazing piece! You play wonderful!

[@MatthewToogood]

Such superb cohesion between all players. Bravi tutti. One hears how mature and confident Smetana was by the time he composed this quartet. (In comparison to his opera "The Bartered Bride", only ten years earlier, for example)

[@MatthewToogood]

subscribed!

[@MeccoreStringQuartet]

Thank you so much!

[@Elaelaelaela]

Brawo!

[@hannasawicka2370]

Wspaniała interpretacja!!! Gratulacje!!!!!!

[@agnisiaviola7690]

Brawo!👏🏻

[@kayaviola]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@martin410515]

¡Fantástico!

[@user-op2lw6vi2w]

bravo!

[@sananton2821]

scratchy