Josef Suk: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 31 (1911)

This quartet, being one of Suk's most expressive and progressive works, has got complicated one-movement construction that contains elements of the sonata cycle. 9:01 - Adagio middle section combined with scherzo elements and described by Suk himself as "an almost religious song of love and devotion." Performers: Suk Quartet. Photos: Czech Quartet (Karel Hoffmann, Josef Suk, Hanuš Wihan, Jiří Herold, drawing by Hugo Boettinger, 1907); Czech Quartet (Hoffmann, Wihan, Oskar Nedbal, Suk); Suk with violin; Czech Quartet (Hoffmann, Suk, Ladislav Zelenka, Herold); Suk at the piano; Suk in 1906; Otilie Dvořáková-Suková (Dvořák's daughter and Suk's wife); Dvořák (Suk on the right behind him); Suk with Václav Talich and Vítězslav Novák; Otilie with their little son; Suk in his native region; Czech Quartet (Suk, Zelenka, Herold, Hoffmann); Suk in 1906; Suk at the piano; Suk in his workroom; Suk (portrait by Hugo Boettinger); Suk (portrait by Max Švabinský); Suk relaxing.