Soup with violin and piano

Valborg and Tor Aulin were siblings and prominent figures in Stockholm's music scene during the late 19th century. And talented! Inspired by France, Valborg created two excellent string quartets and a series of songs and piano pieces, including this evocative Berceuse.

Like Valborg, Tor Aulin was a highly skilled pianist, but he was best known for leading the Aulin Quartet as the first violinist. He was also one of the founders of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, hence one of the halls in Konserthuset bears his name. The titles of the four watercolors performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic's Anna Roos Stefánsson, together with pianist Henrik Berg, aptly describe the atmosphere of the music: Idyll, Humoresque, Lullaby, and Polka.

Also prominent during her lifetime was Dora Pejacevic. Her mother was Hungarian, but her father was a Croatian nobleman, so Dora became part of the Croatian nobility around the turn of the last century. We hear her harmonically dense and melodically thoughtful "Slavic" sonata for violin and piano.

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Menu: Mushroom soup with curly parsley. The soup is served with sourdough bread, crispbread, butter, mineral water/light beer, coffee/tea, and a piece of chocolate. Wine and beer available for purchase for those who wish.

All soups are lactose- and gluten-free. Please inform us of any special dietary requirements when booking.