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This Christopher Bruce ballet is set to Leo� Jan�cek's String Quartet No. 2. The composer wrote this piece in 1928, the last year of his life, inspired by his unconsummated love for a young married woman, to whom he wrote over six hundred letters, Bruce's lyrical work expresses both the joy and the anguish that are present in Jan�cek's music. The designs for this studio recording are by Walter Nobbe.