Soup Concert with String Quartet

Outstanding string players from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra form a quartet to play music by Bacewicz and Beethoven. The twentieth-century Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz was a violinist and a pianist, and composed vast quantities of compelling music – including seven string quartets. Together, they reflect the various phases of her artistic development, where String Quartet No. 1 is an elegant example of neo-classical music.

Beethoven’s quartet in F-minor, which is often called “Serioso,” is the shortest of his sixteen quartets – but it is also rich with substance. The four movements are permeated with a concentrated, serious atmosphere, so the celebratory conclusion emerges as an ironic paradox that only reinforces the dark mood of the quartet.   

Patrik Swedrup is principal concertmaster; Johannes Lörstad is section leader of the second violins; Grop Mikael Sjögren is alternate section leader of the viola section; and Mikael Sjögren is alternate solo cellist.

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Menu: Broccoli soup with coconut milk. The soup comes with sourdough bread, crisp bread and whipped butter, as well as a beverage, coffee/tea and a small biscuit. All soups are lactose- and gluten-free. Notify us of any special dietary requests when making your booking.