Featured Performers

• Stefan Jackiw, violin
• Kevin Ahfat, piano
• Parker Quartet
• Xai Yaj, story artist

Program

• Story Art by Xai Yaj: the story of Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata"

• JANÁČEK: String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"

• BEETHOVEN: Kreutzer Sonata for violin and piano

A co-presentation of Laguna Beach Live! and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County

Stefan Jackiw has expressed his admiration for this work, stating that he "fell in love with Janáček Violin Sonata" in a 2020 Violin Channel interview. Loosely based on the psychological drama of Leo Tolstoy's 1889 novella "The Kreutzer Sonata," Janáček melds the ingredients of love, desire, torment, and ultimately murder, to create a four-movement emotional tour de force. Before the music begins, Xai Yaj’s original illustrations introduce the story of Leo Tolstoy’s novella.

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