Series of Four - københavns hyggeligste koncertserie

Series of Four er den Danske Strygekvartets internationale koncertserie, og den vender stærkt tilbage i 2022: Fire koncerter, hvor det afslappede lever side om side med den dybeste kammermusik. Koncerterne finder sted i Konservatoriets historiske koncertsal og det nye Musikhuset København, og som sædvanligt vil man ud over de store musikalske oplevelser kunne nyde kolde øl og et tæt fællesskab omkring musikken. 

DSQ – Series of Four

Danmark er et lille land, men inden for nogle få områder er vi giganter. Vi vinder altid i badminton, vi klarer os godt i internationale lykkesammenligninger, og så er vi gode til kammermusik. København danner base for indtil flere klassiske kammermusikgrupper fra øverste internationale hylde, og en af disse er Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, som består af danske Jens på klaver og to koreanske søstre på violin og cello. Trio Con Brio Copenhagen vandt overbevisende P2s kammermusikkonkurrence i 2003, og siden da har de etableret sig i klassisk musiks verdenselite. Håndværksmæssigt kan man ikke finde dygtigere musikere, men trioen besidder også både følelsesmæssig kraft og stor intellektuel dybde. Til denne koncert vil vi selv i Den Danske Strygekvartet indtage scenen sammen med Trio Con Brio Copenhagen. Selvom vi alle er bosat i København, er dette faktisk stort set aldrig sket, og det synes vi er på tide!

Koncerten optages af DR P2

PROGRAM:

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Klavertrio nr. 1 i d-mol, opus 32

Kvartet nr. 2 i a-mol, opus 35 
(violin, bratsch & 2 celli)


Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Klaverkvintet i Es-dur, opus 44

“Glowing reports hold true. The Trio con Brio Copenhagen clearly occupies a lofty perch in today’s musical scene.” – Washington Post

“From the first note, Trio con Brio exudes class … both explosive and exquisitely intimate – aspects that this performance delivers with compelling panache.” – The Strad

Acknowledged as one of the finest piano trios in the world, the Trio con Brio Copenhagen is about to enter a banner year – 2019 will mark their twentieth anniversary. For a group that views each new year as a call to deepen and enrich their interpretations, it seems a fitting time to take their measure of one of the supreme journeys a piano trio can take; starting in May 2018, Orchid Classics will be releasing their multi-volume traversal of the complete Beethoven Piano Trios.

The Trio was born out of an idea of the coming together of ‘musical pairs’ – of the two Korean-born sisters, Soo-Kyung Hong (cello) and Soo-Jin Hong (violin), with Soo-Kyung and her husband, Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer. They quickly gained a reputation for their fresh and contemporary approach to the core repertoire. “Works by Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms are transformed in their hands into the alive-and-kicking music of today” said Danish Broadcasting’s Esben Tange. Winning almost all of the major competitions for piano trio – including the ARD (Munich), Vittorio Gui (Florence), Trondheim Competition (Norway), Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson (USA), Allianz Prize (Germany) and the prestigious “P2 Artists Prize” (Denmark) – they are regularly heard at the world’s leading venues and concert series. Among these, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, Berlin Pierre Boulez-Saal, Concertgebouw, Elphilharmonie Hamburg, Seoul Arts Centre, Louvre Paris and of course their beloved “home venues”, the Royal Library and the Tivoli Concert Hall, in Copenhagen.

Trio con Brio Copenhagen

Frederik Øland - Violin
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen - Violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard - Viola
Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin -Cello
 
Among today’s many exceptional chamber music groups, the GRAMMY® nominated Danish String Quartet continuously asserts its preeminence.  The Quartet’s playing reflects impeccable musicianship, sophisticated artistry, exquisite clarity of ensemble, and, above all, an expressivity inextricably bound to the music, from Haydn to Shostakovich to contemporary scores.  Performances bring a rare musical spontaneity, giving audiences the sense of hearing even treasured canon repertoire as if for the first time, and exuding a palpable joy in music-making that have made them enormously in-demand on concert stages throughout the world. The recipient of many awards and prestigious appointments, including Musical America’s 2020 Ensemble of the Year and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, the Danish String Quartet was named in 2013 as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and appointed to the The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two). 
 
As part of a three-year residency, the Danish String Quartet brings a series of five concerts, which mirror the programs in its ongoing recording project with ECM New Series, PRISM, to La Jolla Music Society in November 2019. Each PRISM program is an exploration of the symbiotic musical and contextual relationships between Bach fugues, Beethoven string quartets, and works by Shostakovich, Schnittke, Bartok, Mendelssohn, and Webern, forming an expertly curated musical evolution within each individual program and across the entire PRISM repertory. Prism I, the first disc of this five-album project for the ECM label, was released in September 2018 and garnered a GRAMMY® nomination in the category of Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for the group’s recordings of Beethoven’s Op. 127 in E-flat Major, Bach’s Fugue in E-flat Major (arranged by Mozart), and Shostakovich’s final string quartet, No. 15 in E-flat minor.

Den Danske Strygekvartet

Klavertrio nr. 1

Piano Trio No. 1

Klaviertrio nr. 1

Strygekvartet nr. 2

String Quartet No. 2

Strykekvartett nr. 2

Klaverkvintet

Piano Quintet

Klaverkvintett

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Konservatoriets Koncertsal anses for at være en af de smukkeste koncertsale i Danmark. Den er tegnet af Vilhelm Lauritsen og indviet i 1945. Koncertsalen er velegnet til både konferencer og koncerter, specielt klassiske koncerter.

Der er i 2009 installeret et helt nyt lys- og lydsystem, og salen lever i dag op til moderne standarter og krav. Scenen har indbygget podiesystem og er stor nok til et symfoniorkester. Salen har tilknyttet egen professionel tekniker, der varetager drift og afvikling.

Der er plads til 1058 tilskuere fordelt på 3 etager: 368 pladser på Gulv, 340 pladser på Balkon og 350 pladser på Etage. Hertil kommer 4 kørestolspladser på Gulv.

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