IPAC'23 - Conference guide

Musical programme In collaboration with the Conservatorio di Musica “Giuseppe Tartini” – Trieste Quartetto Zorja Mina Opsenica – violin Snezana Aćimovic – violin Vanja Radlovacki – viola Enrico Zambom – cello Aleksandr Porfir’evič Borodin String quartet No. 2 (1833-1887) I. Allegro moderato in D major and 2/2 time III. Notturno: Andante in A major Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 in D major differs from many of the composer’s other works in two ways: it was completed quickly, during August 1881, and it lacks a published programme. These two factors may be related: Borodin dedicated the quartet to his wife Ekaterina, and it was written as an evocation of when they met and fell in love in Heidelberg 20 years earlier. The composer seems to have represented himself in this quartet with the cello (he was an amateur player), while Ekaterina is portrayed by the first violin. IPAC’23 / CONFERENCE GUIDE 63 Entertainment session