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Danish Quartet

Kleinhans Music Hall

Slee Hall

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.

Danish String Quartet

Alexander Hall

“Combining the old with the new, the Danish String Quartet have set sail on a joyous voyage” (Bachtrack.com). They look like they could be characters from Game of Thrones, but instead of marauding, they bring a sense of adventure to a wide range of music. The New York Times declares them “an exceptional quartet, whatever they play.”

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

The Danish String Quartet is an elite chamber-music group by any definition: an unusually ambitious quartet teeming with personality and programmatic insights that make them magnetic in any setting.   The Boston Globe touched on how special they are in a review that described “a concert that was as comprehensively rewarding as any chamber-music performance in recent memory… Do not lose track of this group: Even by today’s high standards, it offers something very special.” That’s the truth; in a musical landscape with more high-level talent than most people have time to absorb, it’s worth taking note when groups are routinely described as in a league of their own. This is one of those groups.  In their return to Boston, the Danish String Quartet will present a uniquely curated suite of dances—filling the standard movements such as allemande, courante, and sarabande with works by composers ranging from from Marc-Antoine Charpentier to John Adams; and, finally, Franz Schubert’s String Quartet in G Major, D.887, called his “last and greatest work” (Gramophone).

Frederik Øland

Violinist

Events

7 - 8 Nov, 2023

Danish Quartet · Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Nov 2, 2023

Danish String Quartet · Princeton University Concerts

Oct 26, 2022

Danish String Quartet · San Francisco Performances

Jan 30, 2022

The Danish String Quartet · Celebrity Series of Boston

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