The string quartet of the North Iceland Symphony Orchestra takes on a spectacular and lively spring programme this time around. Music by three composers comes together: Johann Sebastian Bach, Karólína Eiríksdóttir and Béla Bartók.
J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue could well be described as the dream composition of all time. It is like a kaleidoscope: its musical material is reflected, turned and transformed in every direction, creating countless patterns, each more beautiful than the last. The North Iceland Symphony String Quartet performs selected counterpoints from this extraordinary masterpiece.
Six Pieces for String Quartet by Karólína Eiríksdóttir is the dream composition of our time. Unpredictable and multifaceted, like spring itself. The North Iceland Symphony String Quartet welcomes the brightness, changing weather and playful unpredictability of the Icelandic spring through Karólína’s music.
Béla Bartók’s string quartets are among the great masterpieces of the quartet repertoire. Here, the North Iceland Symphony String Quartet performs his First String Quartet, Op. 7 in A minor. Behind the scenes lies the quartet’s cunning plan to perform all six of Bartók’s quartets, one by one, over time. So it’s best to join us and start listening from the very beginning.
Quartet fun is on the way!
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