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Opus 1 Chamber Music School

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ProgramGABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution&nbsp; SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 142 Traditional Folk Songs of Scandinavia (arranged by Danish String Quartet)MusiciansFREDERIK &Oslash;LAND, violin; RUNE TONSGAARD S&Oslash;RENSEN, violin); ASBJ&Oslash;RN N&Oslash;RGAARD, viola; FREDRIK SCH&Oslash;YEN SJ&Ouml;LIN, celloThe Danish String Quartet, renowned throughout the world for their continually inventive music-making, return to DACAMERA with an exciting and inspired program.The electrifying virtuosity of the Danes is immediately on display in Carrot Revolution,&nbsp;a dazzling quartet by Gabriella Smith ( &ldquo;an outright sensation&rdquo;-The Los Angeles Times). The quartet&rsquo;s inception also holds the seeds of DACAMERA&rsquo;s season theme. The American composer &nbsp;writes, &ldquo;I envisioned Carrot Revolution as a celebration of that spirit of fresh observation and of new ways of looking at old things, such as the string quartet &ndash; a 250-year-old genre &ndash; as well as some of my even older musical influences (Bach, Perotin, Gregorian chant, Georgian folk songs, and Celtic fiddle tunes).&rdquo;The mood shifts to the drama of Shostakovich&rsquo;s F-sharp Minor Quartet, a powerful center to the program, before concluding with the Danish Quartet&rsquo;s signature arrangements of Northern European folk songs&mdash; a worldwide audience favorite. From the infectious spirit of the concert&rsquo;s opening to this original and moving conclusion, this concert provides a compelling exploration of the age-old power of music, transformed into a string quartet concert for today.

ProgramGABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 142 Traditional Folk Songs of Scandinavia (arranged by Danish String Quartet)MusiciansFREDERIK ØLAND, violin; RUNE TONSGAARD SØRENSEN, violin); ASBJØRN NØRGAARD, viola; FREDRIK SCHØYEN SJÖLIN, celloThe Danish String Quartet, renowned throughout the world for their continually inventive music-making, return to DACAMERA with an exciting and inspired program.The electrifying virtuosity of the Danes is immediately on display in Carrot Revolution, a dazzling quartet by Gabriella Smith ( “an outright sensation”-The Los Angeles Times). The quartet’s inception also holds the seeds of DACAMERA’s season theme. The American composer  writes, “I envisioned Carrot Revolution as a celebration of that spirit of fresh observation and of new ways of looking at old things, such as the string quartet – a 250-year-old genre – as well as some of my even older musical influences (Bach, Perotin, Gregorian chant, Georgian folk songs, and Celtic fiddle tunes).”The mood shifts to the drama of Shostakovich’s F-sharp Minor Quartet, a powerful center to the program, before concluding with the Danish Quartet’s signature arrangements of Northern European folk songs— a worldwide audience favorite. From the infectious spirit of the concert’s opening to this original and moving conclusion, this concert provides a compelling exploration of the age-old power of music, transformed into a string quartet concert for today.

Opus 1 Chamber Music School

Dacamera Presents: DANISH STRING QUARTET

501 Texas Ave

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