A Recital by the Danish String Quartet
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Harris Concert Hall
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960 North 3rd Street
Aspen, CO 81611
Aspen, CO 81611
One of the world’s great chamber ensembles returns to Aspen with an entrancing program!
The Washington Post called them one of the “best string quartets before the public today.” The Los Angeles Times noted their remarkable ability to make “time stand still” and “assume the pose of excitingly aggressive rockers.”
Stravinsky’s charming Suite Italienne is a spinoff from his Pulcinella ballet. Using melodies from the baroque composer Pergolesi and others, he employs spiky harmonies and irregular rhythms to create a witty and delightful nod to the older musical style. For the recital’s centerpiece, the Quartet chose Beethoven’s final string quartet, the last major work he composed only a few months before his death. Smaller in scale, it contains one of the most sublime and poignant slow movements ever written. Topping things off will be original compositions and arrangements by the Quartet itself.
STRAVINSKY/DANISH STRING QUARTET: Suite Italienne
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F major, op. 135
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DANISH STRING QUARTET: Original Compositions and Arrangements
Stravinsky’s charming Suite Italienne is a spinoff from his Pulcinella ballet. Using melodies from the baroque composer Pergolesi and others, he employs spiky harmonies and irregular rhythms to create a witty and delightful nod to the older musical style. For the recital’s centerpiece, the Quartet chose Beethoven’s final string quartet, the last major work he composed only a few months before his death. Smaller in scale, it contains one of the most sublime and poignant slow movements ever written. Topping things off will be original compositions and arrangements by the Quartet itself.
STRAVINSKY/DANISH STRING QUARTET: Suite Italienne
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F major, op. 135
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DANISH STRING QUARTET: Original Compositions and Arrangements
