Piano Quintet in B minor, Op. 40 Dora Pejacevic

The Quintet for Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello and Piano in B Minor, Op. 40 (1915 1918) is one of the peaks in Dora Pejacevic's chamber music. Its composition occupied her for an extended period of time, simultaneously with the Slavic Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 43, and with the Symphony, so their similarity of style and expression are understandable, as is the composer's desire to create, from time to time, a Slavic atmosphere in these works. This is expressed primarily in the character of the main themes of the first and last (fourth) movements and their modal Russian tone. The rich thematic work, the inclination to polyphony and unification of the thematic material are the characteristics of both this work and the String Quartet Op. 58, the Symphony and the Phantasie concertante, and are marks of Pejacevic's late style. (Koraljka Kos)