Young Artists Festival

Music becomes literature, literature becomes music again: Beethoven's 9th Violin Sonata – the 'Kreutzer Sonata' – inspired Tolstoy's novella of the same name, which in turn inspired Leoš Janáček to compose his expressive String Quartet No. 1. In this concert, part of the 4th Young Artists Festival Bonn, all three levels come together: the sonata in a rarely heard anonymous arrangement for string quintet, Janáček's musical adaptation of the literary source – and excerpts from Tolstoy's text itself. A thrilling reflection on art, eros and obsession – told in music and words.