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The string quartet is arguably the most popular form of intimate chamber music – ever since the days of Haydn. Some of the world's finest quartets visit Konserthuset every season. This time, featuring four of our era's absolute finest and most renowned quartets – such as the Belcea Quartet – along with two young debutants: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam and Quatuor Agate.
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Genre: Chamber musicDutch Dudok Quartet Amsterdam in debut concert with classics and newly written works.
Saturday 28 September 2024 16.00
Photo: Yuri Andries
Genre: Chamber musicDeath and the Maiden
Dutch Dudok Quartet Amsterdam in debut concert with classics and newly written works.
Saturday 28 September 2024 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:
350 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/death-and-the-maiden/20240928-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Mozart's G major Quartet KV 387 and Schubert's Death and the Maiden are two favourites in the string quartet genre. Mozart had met Haydn and was inspired to compose a set of six quartets. In the dedication to Haydn, Mozart wrote that the quartets were "the fruit of a long and laborious work", and added, "you renowned man and my dearest friend".
In his final string quartet, Schubert uses the melody from one of his most famous songs, Death and the Maiden. The quartet has both intensely eager and dreamy passages. It is in the second movement that Schubert uses the melancholic Death and the Maiden melody, which then forms the basis for five variations. Here, Schubert's portrayal of death is not entirely dark.
In between, we hear a newly written quartet by the acclaimed British composer Bushra El-Turk. The BBC named her one of the world's 100 most inspiring women. Her music sometimes reflects her Lebanese roots. During the creation of Three Tributes, she collaborated with the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, whom we hear here.
This quartet, based in Amsterdam, is making their debut at Konserthuset Stockholm and has been praised for their empathetic playing in a repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary compositions.
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The music
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet in G major KV 38727 min
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Bushra El-Turk Three Tributes
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Intermission25 min
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Franz Schubert String Quartet in d minor ’’Death and the Maiden’’38 min
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Participants
- Dudok Quartet Amsterdam
Saturday 28 September 2024 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00Price:
350 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 musicHaydn, Beethoven and the Big Bang with renowned quartet.
Saturday 9 November 2024 16.00
Photo: Amanda Tipton
Genre: Chamber musicTakács Quartet
Haydn, Beethoven and the Big Bang with renowned quartet.
Saturday 9 November 2024 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:
350 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/takacs-quartet/20241109-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Beethoven's quartets dedicated to the Russian ambassador in Vienna, Count Razumovsky, are some of his most famous. The first of the three is majestic in its scope, filled with both carefree melodies and tension-filled contrasts.
When it comes to string quartets, Joseph Haydn was a role model and important source of inspiration for Beethoven, and there's a musical thread from Haydn's C major quartet to Beethoven's Razumovsky quartets.
The ensemble tackling this music, the Takács Quartet, was founded in Hungary but is now based in the USA. They are known for their brilliant playing and innovative programs. They often collaborate with writers and artists, and at several concerts, the actress Meryl Streep has participated.
The Takács Quartet also commissions music. One such initiative is the beautifully flowing Flow by American composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama, who has looked out towards space and drawn inspiration from the Big Bang and the expansion of the universe.
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The music
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Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C major op 54:220 min
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Nokuthula Ngwenyama Flow for string quartet
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Intermission25 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F major op 59:141 min
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Participants
- Takács Quartet
Saturday 9 November 2024 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00Price:
350 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 Paris-based quartet in music by Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
Saturday 18 January 2025 16.00
Photo: Stéphanie Lacombe
Genre: Chamber musicQuatuor Modigliani
The Paris-based quartet in music by Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
Saturday 18 January 2025 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:
350 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/quatuor-modigliani/20250118-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The Quatuor Modigliani is acclaimed worldwide, delivering acclaimed concerts in the foremost concert halls. The quartet made its debut at Konserthuset in 2012 and has returned a couple of times since then, most recently in 2020.
French Élise Bertrand (also active as a violinist) composed "Lui e loro" specifically for the Modigliani Quartet. She was inspired by a photograph from World War II depicting the bombings and destruction of the Monte Cassino monastery in Italy. Everything lay in ruins, but a white statue of Jesus remained, "as a symbol of resistance and hope."
More French music. Maurice Ravel was 28 when he wrote his only string quartet in 1903. It is considered by many to be his first masterpiece. Here, there is much individuality, outstanding richness of colour, and rhythmic liveliness.
Tchaikovsky's third and final string quartet is often considered one of his finest chamber music works. It has a Czech connection: his friend and colleague at the Moscow Conservatory, the Czech violinist Ferdinand Laub, had passed away, and Tchaikovsky composed the music in his memory.
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The music
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Élise Bertrand Lui e loro - String Quartet
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Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major30 min
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Intermission25 min
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 338 min
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Participants
- Modigliani Quartet
Saturday 18 January 2025 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00Price:
350 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 musicMusic by Haydn and Korngold performed by a young French string quartet.
Saturday 15 February 2025 16.00
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Genre: Chamber musicRising Stars – Quatuor Agate
Music by Haydn and Korngold performed by a young French string quartet.
Saturday 15 February 2025 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:
130 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/rising-stars-quatuor-agate/20250215-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
The French Quatuor Agate took their name from Brahms's incredibly beautiful second string sextet, which he dedicated to one of his great loves, Agathe von Siebold (the other being Clara Schumann). The quartet has been awarded several prizes, including for the best performance of new music at the Banff International String Quartet Competition in Canada, and the audience prize at the Verbier Festival. Their recent debut album delves deeply into Brahms, featuring all three string quartets.
On the program, they also include Joseph Haydn's quartet commonly known as "The Joke," referring to his first substitution of a minuet movement with a scherzo, Italian for a joke or jest. Between Haydn's classical quartet and Korngold's restless and energetically explosive third string quartet, Quatuor Agate presents a newly composed piece by the exciting Ukrainian singer, pianist, organist, conductor, and composer Anna Korsun.
Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
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The music
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Joseph Haydn String Quartet in E flat major "The Joke"18 min
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Anna Korsun New Work11 min
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Intermission25 min
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold String Quartet No. 325 min
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Participants
- Agate Quartet
Saturday 15 February 2025 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00Price:
130 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 musicFrom Baroque to contemporary with the exciting American quartet.
Saturday 22 March 2025 16.00
Photo: Marco Giannavola
Genre: Chamber musicBrooklyn Rider
From Baroque to contemporary with the exciting American quartet.
Saturday 22 March 2025 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:
350 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/brooklyn-rider/20250322-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider has been attracting a wide audience since its inception in 2005 with concerts that often cross genres. They visited Konserthuset for a highly acclaimed concert in 2014 and also performed at Fotografiska. All in line with the ensemble's desire to break away from the traditional and familiar.
During their eagerly awaited return to Konserthuset, the programme ranges from British Baroque to French Betsy Jolas's third string quartet from 1973, which, in nine parts, explores the mysterious universe of music. A completely different character is found in Mozart's String Quartet in C Major, often called the Dissonant Quartet due to its long and striking introduction, which today we do not find particularly dissonant.
After Arvo Pärt's meditative Solfeggio, Brooklyn Rider concludes with Brahms's wonderful third string quartet. The opening and closing movements are characterized by a delightful and fervent temperament, with tender and luminous music in between.
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The music
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet in C major ’’Dissonance Quartet’’31 min
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Henry Purcell Fansia in F major ”Upon one note” Z 745, version for string quartet3 min
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Betsy Jolas Quatuor III ”9 Études” for string quartet17 min
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Intermission25 min
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Arvo Pärt Solfeggio for string quartet6 min
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Johannes Brahms String Quartet No. 1 in c minor33 min
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Participants
- Brooklyn Rider
Saturday 22 March 2025 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00Price:
350 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-renowned quartet in intense music by Schönberg and Beethoven.
Saturday 3 May 2025 16.00
Belcea Quartet. Photo:Maurice Haas
Genre: Chamber musicBelcea Quartet
The world-renowned quartet in intense music by Schönberg and Beethoven.
Saturday 3 May 2025 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:
350 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/belcea-quartet/20250503-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Beethoven's five late string quartets are a listening adventure like no other. One of the most performed and beloved is No. 14, with opus number 131. Here, it seems as if Beethoven is searching for the freedom of thought and soul through his music. Perhaps that's also why this music speaks so strongly to us, with its warmth, imagination, and intensity, transcending all historical barriers. And the slow, dense first movement is among the most beautiful ever created for a string quartet.
The Belcea Quartet is one of the world's most prominent string quartets. The quartet has performed at Konserthuset Stockholm on several occasions previously, including in a series of concerts featuring all of Beethoven's string quartets.
Here, instead, the quartet combines Beethoven with Arnold Schönberg, whom many associate with twelve-tone music. But Schönberg was a great romantic, and the string quartet we hear here, the first of four numbered ones, was his first truly major composition. It is music brimming with wild energy and swelling late romanticism, composed in 1905 in Vienna, a city that had a significant influence on Schönberg with its vibrant art scene and Freud's psychological investigations.
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The music
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Arnold Schönberg String Quartet No. 147 min
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Intermission25 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in c sharp minor38 min
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Participants
- Belcea Quartet
Saturday 3 May 2025 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 22 August 11.00
Presale for subscribers from 20 August 11.00Price:
350 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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