Danish String Quartet
Johannes Rostamo, cello
| SCHUBERT | String Quintet in C major, D. 956 |
| THOMAS ADÈS | Wreath—for Franz Schubert, for string quintet (Bay Area Premiere, Cal Performances Co-commission) |
| SCHUBERT |
“Die Nebensonnen” from Winterreise, D. 911 (Lied arranged for string quartet by the Danish String Quartet) |
The dazzling Danish String Quartet returns to complete its ambitious multiyear Doppelgänger Project, which has paired dynamic new commissions from leading composers with major works from Schubert’s chamber music repertoire. For this final concert of the series, the quartet is joined by Johannes Rostamo, principal cellist in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, for Schubert’s masterful, inventive String Quintet in C major. The work’s newly commissioned musical “twin” is a quintet by renowned British composer Thomas Adès. The Danish Quartet has a long relationship with Adès’ music, having recorded his Arcadiana quartet on its debut CD to great acclaim. “Thomas Adès turns fleetingly recognizable musical elements into unstable, volatile substances tending toward evanescence and escape…. He has invented new orchestral colors, and he’s taught us new ways to dance” (The New York Review).
Major support for this performance is provided by The Bernard Osher Foundation.
This performance is made possible, in part, by Diana Cohen and Bill Falik.