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The string quartet is perhaps the most popular form of intimate chamber music – ever since the days of Haydn. Some of the world’s absolute leading quartets come to Konserthuset, including the Chiaroscuro Quartet, which performs on gut-string instruments; Cuarteto Casals returns with Bach’s formidable Die Kunst der Fuge; and the popular Belcea Quartet closes out the season.
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Genre: Chamber musicThe celebrated quartet playing on period instruments.
Saturday 22 October 2022 16.00
Photo: Agnese Blaubarde
Genre: Chamber musicChiaroscuro Quartet
The celebrated quartet playing on period instruments.
Saturday 22 October 2022 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Chiaroscuro Quartet
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Chiaroscuro QuartetThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2022/chiaroscuro-quartet/20221022-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Chiaroscuro Quartet – with Swedish Emilie Hörnlund on viola – formed in 2005 and has been described as pioneering for their authentic interpretations on gut strings. The unique sound of the quartet, described in The Observer as “a shock to the ears of the best kind” – has been acclaimed by audiences and critics worldwide. The Chiaroscuro Quartet performs music from the Classical and early Romantic period.
Joseph Haydn composed six string quartets in summer and autumn of 1781. This set of quartets has several nicknames, the most common of which is the Russian Quartets, because they are dedicated to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia. Haydn explained in a letter that he composed these string quartets in a brand new and different way than he had worked before. Here, we hear the fourth in B flat major.
German Emilie Mayer began her career as a composer relatively late in life, but still managed to write numerous pieces. The string quartet in G minor is one of seven string quartets composed by Mayer that were published in her lifetime. This lively piece can be compared to the quartets of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Schumann, but Mayer’s music has only been rediscovered in modern times – a fate she shares with many female composers. Listen carefully to the adagio, in which Mayer references the famous Bach chorale Wer nurden lieben Gott lässt walten (“Who allows God alone to rule him”).
C major was Beethoven’s most joyful and optimistic key, which we hear in the third of the acclaimed so-called Razumovsky Quartets, dedicated to Count Andreas Razumovsky. The quartet begins with a mystical and billowing feel, with no real direction, but soon explodes into a euphoric C-major chord.
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The music
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Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B flat major op 33:416 min
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Emilie Mayer String quartet No. 1 in g minor29 min
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Intermission25 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 in C major30 min
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Participants
- Chiaroscuro Quartet
Saturday 22 October 2022 16.00
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Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Chiaroscuro Quartet
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Chiaroscuro QuartetPrice:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber musicJohann Sebastian Bach’s masterful Die Kunst der Fuge.
Saturday 19 November 2022 16.00
Photo: David Ruano
Genre: Chamber musicCuarteto Casals
Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterful Die Kunst der Fuge.
Saturday 19 November 2022 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Cuarteto Casals
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Cuarteto CasalsThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2022/cuarteto-casals/20221119-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The award-winning quartet Cuarteto Casals formed in Madrid in 1997 and is thus celebrating its 25-year anniversary this year. The ensemble performs at the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Konzerthaus in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2020, the year of Beethoven’s anniversary, Cuarteto Casals performed all of Beethoven’s string quartets at Konserthuset Stockholm in a total of six concerts throughout the course of the year.
The fugue had its heyday during the baroque era, and Johann Sebastian Bach was a master of the form. He composed Die Kunst der Fuge at the end of his life, and here we also hear this impressive music in a version for string quartet. The work is his most comprehensive fugue, like a grand essay demonstrating the possibilities and beauty that can be achieved in the work of the fugue, with independent, reflective and ‘interacting’ parts.
Die Kunst der Fuge is thought to be incomplete, which bewildered music researchers. Some say that the piece was composed for educational purposes, given its design: a series of fugues, each slightly more complex than the one before it – so that a student working through the fugues in order would gradually learn more. Thus it is like a ‘lesson book’ that is also an astounding work of art in its own right.
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The music
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Johann Sebastian Bach Die Kunst der Fuge, version for string quartet60 min
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Participants
- Casals Quartet
Saturday 19 November 2022 16.00
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Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Cuarteto Casals
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Cuarteto CasalsPrice:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber musicEarly masterpieces by Ravel and Schönberg.
Saturday 21 January 2023 16.00
Photo: Nikolaj Lund
Genre: Chamber musicQuartetto di Cremona
Early masterpieces by Ravel and Schönberg.
Saturday 21 January 2023 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Quartetto di Cremona
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Quartetto di CremonaThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/quartetto-di-cremona/20230121-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Maurice Ravel was 28 when he composed his only string quartet in 1903. It was considered by many to be his first masterpiece. Within what seems on the surface to be a traditional four-movement structure, there is a great deal of boldness: the richness of colour is unparalleled, and the music is rhythmically vibrant and varied, with occasional elements of folk music. The piece quickly became popular.
We also hear the first of Arnold Schoenberg’s total of five string quartets (four numbered). It is from about the same time as Ravel’s quartet, and in Schoenberg’s case as well, it was considered a first masterpiece. This music is big and grand, with intense and emotional storytelling in a lively, late-Romantic style.
The Italian Quartetto di Cremona has guest-performed at Konserthuset on two previous occasions in 2016 and 2018. The quartet formed in 2000 and in their first 20+ years, they have recorded around 15 albums, including all of Beethoven’s string quartets.
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The music
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Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major30 min
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Intermission25 min
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Arnold Schönberg String Quartet No. 147 min
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Participants
- Cremona Quartet
Saturday 21 January 2023 16.00
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Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Quartetto di Cremona
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Quartetto di CremonaPrice:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber musicThe German string quartet plays music by Mendelssohn, Moshizuki and Grieg.
Saturday 4 February 2023 16.00
Genre: Chamber musicRising Stars – Aris Quartett
The German string quartet plays music by Mendelssohn, Moshizuki and Grieg.
Saturday 4 February 2023 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
125 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Rising Stars – Aris Quartett
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Rising Stars – Aris QuartettThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/rising-stars-aris-quartett/20230204-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The multi-award-winning German Aris Quartett was founded in 2009. They have recorded a handful of acclaimed albums and have performed on the most prestigious stages, including Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Aris, the quartet’s name, is constructed from the last letters of the members’ first names.
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s Quartet in F minor was composed in 1847, the year of his death, and it was his last major work. It is a tribute to his equally gifted and much beloved sister Fanny, who passed away earlier that year – an event that infiltrates this dark and sorrowful music. Two decades later, Edvard Grieg composed his only preserved and completed quartet. This simmering music inspired many of his colleagues. A great deal of folk music is evident here, and the main theme is based on one of Grieg’s only songs: Fiddlers.
Between these classics, we hear new compositions: Japanese Misato Mochizuki (born 1969) composed in-side for the Aris Quartett, which gave the world premiere in 2020. The piece is part of a larger cycle for quartet, which she entitled Brains. The music is inspired by old Japanese myths about the origins and growth of the world.
Aris Quartett’s concert at Konserthuset during the pandemic in 2021 can be watched on Konserthuset Play.
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The music
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy String Quartet No. 6 in f minor25 min
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Misato Mochizuki in-side for string quartet7 min
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Intermission25 min
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Edvard Grieg String Quartet in g minor34 min
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Participants
- Aris Quartet
Saturday 4 February 2023 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Rising Stars – Aris Quartett
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Rising Stars – Aris QuartettPrice:
125 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber music
Mozart’s and Schumann’s last quartets.
Saturday 25 March 2023 16.00
Genre: Chamber musicMinetti Quartett
Mozart’s and Schumann’s last quartets.
Saturday 25 March 2023 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Minetti Quartett
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Minetti QuartettThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/minetti-quartett/20230325-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The Minetti Quartet’s name is from a play by author and dramatist Thomas Bernhard. They participated in Rising Stars 2008–09 and debuted at Konserthuset Stockholm in 2009. Since then, they have regularly performed at the major concert halls in cities including Vienna, Berlin and London.
The quartet by Mozart in the programme is the third of the so-called Prussian Quartets – dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm II, king of Prussia and amateur cellist. It is Mozart’s last quartet and among other things, the music offers a taste of unexpected harmonic turns.
The versatile Austrian musician and composer Ángela Tröndle (born 1983) composed the string quartet Gifts of the Night for the Minetti Quartet in 2020. She was inspired by the poem Mondnacht by Joseph von Eichendorff, with lines such as: “And my soul spread her wings out wide, flew across the silent land, as though flying home.”
When Schumann ultimately decided to compose his first quartets, he had studied examples by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven in great depth. Schumann’s only three string quartets are part of Op. 41 and are dedicated to his wife Clara for her twenty-third birthday. She commented, “Everything in them is new, clearly considered and skilfully worked out – always idiomatic.” We hear the third and last of them.
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The music
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet in F major KV 59027 min
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Ángela Tröndle String Quartet No. 2
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Intermission25 min
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Robert Schumann String Quartet in A major op 41:330 min
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Participants
- Minetti Quartet
Saturday 25 March 2023 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Minetti Quartett
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Minetti QuartettPrice:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber musicThe world-famous string quartet plays music by Debussy and more.
Saturday 13 May 2023 16.00
Genre: Chamber musicBelcea Quartet
The world-famous string quartet plays music by Debussy and more.
Saturday 13 May 2023 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Belcea Quartet
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Belcea QuartetThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/belcea-quartet/20230513-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The Belcea Quartet was founded in London in 1994, but the four members have roots in Romania, Poland and France. The repertoire ranges from the classical era to new compositions. In slightly more than 25 years as an ensemble, they have performed on all the major stages worldwide. Since their debut at Konserthuset Stockholm in 2008, they have returned many times, including with performances of all of Bartók and Beethoven’s quartets.
Schubert was 16 years old when he composed the early String Quartet No. 10, and the music was first performed in his home, most likely with Schubert himself on viola, his father on cello and his brothers on the violins. The music reflects his rapid growth and increased confidence in the form, surely with Haydn serving as an influential ideal.
The Belcea Quartet also presents a brand new composition by French composer Guillaume Connesson (born 1970), his second string quartet. He has composed in every genre, including an opera and numerous orchestral works recorded on historic Deutsche Grammophon.
Debussy is not primarily associated with string quartets, and we hear his only one here. Outwardly, it may seem traditional in the key of G minor, but he frees himself artistically in poetically inspired and original music with sensual gestures. Debussy the “Impressionist” finds his language here.
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The music
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Franz Schubert String Quartet in E flat major op 125:126 min
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Guillaume Connesson New Work
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Intermission25 min
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Claude Debussy String Quartet in g minor25 min
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Participants
- Belcea Quartet
Saturday 13 May 2023 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 25 August 11.00 to Belcea Quartet
Presale for subscribers from 23 August 11.00 to Belcea QuartetPrice:
325 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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