Danish String Quartet
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin
Frederik Øland, violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola
Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello
(2019/2020 Performing Arts)
“The playing is exquisitely refined… thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful.” Gramophone (U.K.)
"A truly fab four.”
– Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
The Nordic lads and fierce friends who’ve captured the hearts of Santa Barbara’s music lovers and the world with their “warmth, wit, beautiful tone and technical prowess second to none” (NPR) return for a profound evening of classical masterworks by Bach, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
Program
J.S. Bach: Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861 (arr. Förster)
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, op. 13
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, op. 132
Related Outreach Event:
Master Class with Danish String Quartet and UCSB Students
Wed, Nov 13 / 10 AM - noon / UCSB Geiringer Hall
FREE and open to public observation
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