Roaring Twenties

What an incredible explosion of creativity the 1920s witnessed! Classical music experienced an unprecedented period of experimentation, branching out into neoclassicism and atonality, championing traditional and folk music, embracing jazz influences, and deepening the romantic and tonal traditions. The Engegård Quartet will be delving into some fabulous examples in the string quartet repertoire, and exploring the history and aftereffects of this tumultuous period.

Programme 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9, opus 59 no. 3 in C major

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 (1927)

György Kurtág: 12 Microludes for String Quartet, opus 13 (Hommage à Mihály András) (1977-78)

Ernst von Dohnányi: String Quartet No. 3 in a minor, opus 33 (1927)

Programme 2

Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, opus 67 (1875)

Erwin Schulhoff: Fünf Stücke für Streichquartett (1924)

Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884): String Quartet No. 1 in e minor, “From my life”

Bohuslav Martinů: String Quartet No. 3 , H. 183 (1929)

Alternative quartets we are including in this project:

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4 (1928)

Alban Berg: The Lyric Suite (1925-26)