This concert will be part of the 2023.24 concert season.

This string quartet of three Danes and one Norwegian will perform Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 as well as a new composition by Bent Sørensen inspired by the Schubert Quartet. Also on the program is a curated suite of dances by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, John Adams, and Felix Blumenfeld, and a new composition written by the Danish String Quartet members.
Program:

Bent Sørensen: Quartet “Doppelgânger” (inspired by Schubert D. 887) (Ontario premiere)

An alleged suite, a curated suite of dances:
Prelude, Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude
Allemande, John Adams: Pavane: She’s so Fine
Courante, traditional: Polska (new composition by the Danish String Quartet)
Sarabande, Felix Blumenfeld: Sarabande
Gavotte, John Adams: Stubble Crochet
Gigue 1, Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Gigue française
Gigue 2, John Adams: Toot Nipple

Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887