Danish String Quartet on Jan 31, 2025 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

Program 
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, op. 73
Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
O’Carolan: Three Melodies (Mabel Kelly, Planxty Kelly, Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady)
Folk Music

“They could be grounded in their tone or mystical. They allowed time to stand still, and they could assume the pose of excitingly aggressive rockers. They did it all.”
– Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

“The power to make you grateful for the very existence of music.”
The New York Times

Longtime friends and virtuosic musicians, these self-described “relatively bearded Scandinavians, sometimes mistaken for Vikings” have been playing as a quartet for more than 20 years. One of today’s most highly-acclaimed and in-demand classical quartets, the Danish is renowned for impeccable musicianship, sophisticated artistry, exquisite clarity of ensemble and, above all, an unmatched ability to play as one. This wide-ranging program combines works from the classical quartet repertoire with medieval Irish melodies and Nordic folk.