Welcome to our 2024-2025 season!
When
Thursday, November 2, 2023 | 7:30PM EDT
Where
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Tickets
General: $25-$40 | Student: $10 | Princeton University Student: Free through Passport to the Arts.
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Subscribean exceptional quartet, whatever repertory they play.”
—The New York Times
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About the Event
Describing themselves as “your friendly neighborhood string quartets with above average amounts of beard,” the Grammy Award-nominated Danish String Quartet combines a down-to-earth sensibility with an astounding unity of sound that has placed them firmly within the ranks of the world’s finest string quartets. The three Danes and one Norwegian return for their third appearance on our series with a program that showcases their uncanny ability to combine finesse and spontaneity – blurring the line between classical repertoire and folk tunes by bringing a sense of urgency and purity to every note they play. By pairing arrangements of Scandinavian folk music with the court dance that inspired Purcell’s kaleidoscopic variations, the gypsy-inflected spirit of one of Haydn’s first quartet masterpieces, and the musical tribute Shostakovich created in memory of his first wife, the ensemble will remind us of the humanity at the core of all music-making.
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Musicians
Frederik Øland & Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen Violins
Asbjørn Nørgaard Viola
Fredrik Sjölin Cello
Describing themselves as “your friendly neighborhood string quartets with above average amounts of beard,” the Grammy Award-nominated Danish String Quartet combines a down-to-earth sensibility with an astounding unity of sound that has placed them firmly within the ranks of the world’s finest string quartets. The three Danes and one Norwegian return for their third appearance on our series with a program that showcases their uncanny ability to combine finesse and spontaneity – blurring the line between classical repertoire and folk tunes by bringing a sense of urgency and purity to every note they play. By pairing arrangements of Scandinavian folk music with the court dance that inspired Purcell’s kaleidoscopic variations, the gypsy-inflected spirit of one of Haydn’s first quartet masterpieces, and the musical tribute Shostakovich created in memory of his first wife, the ensemble will remind us of the humanity at the core of all music-making.
Musicians
Frederik Øland & Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen Violins
Asbjørn Nørgaard Viola
Fredrik Sjölin Cello
Program
- Henry Purcell
Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730, arr. Benjamin Britten
- Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3
- Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108
- Arrangements
Scandinavian Folk Music
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