Searching for musical truth

The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes: “Anyone listening to the renowned Mandelring Quartet’s four-CD box set of Mendelssohn’s chamber music for strings will be astonished by, for example, the pure pathos of the introduction to the Quartet opus 13 or the eventful compositional density of the three opus 44 quartets. The listener will be devastated by the agitated desolation of op. 80, expressing the composer’s reaction to the death of his beloved sister Fanny.”, and continues: “Thus the whole project is dominated by an enthralling blend of astringency and virtuosity.”

The Mandelring Quartet’s distinguishing characteristics are its expressivity and remarkable homogeneity. The four individual members are as one in their shared determination always to seek out the innermost core of the music Thus there is a passionate interest in the structure and crafting of the works while at the same time there is the great joy of living with the music in a sensual dimension.

Background
  • Thu
    07
    Dec
    2023
    Berlin, BERLIN-ZYKLUS
    8:00 pmPhilharmonie, Kammermusiksaal

    GIPFELTREFFEN - BEETHOVEN & BARTOK VI
    Ludwig van Beethoven, string quartet op. 18 Nr. 6
    Bela Bartók, string quartet Nr. 6
    Ludwig van Beethoven, string quartet op.135

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  • Thu
    11
    Jan
    2024
    Murcia, Spanien
    8:00 pmSala Miguel Angel Clares

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, string quartet op. 44/1
    Leos Janacek, string quartet Nr. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
    Johannes Brahms, clarinet quintet op. 115

    with Jonathan Rives, clarinet

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  • Thu
    15
    Feb
    2024
    Berlin, BERLIN-ZYKLUS
    8:00 pmPhilharmonie, Kammermusiksaal

    A MUSICAL & LITERARY EVENING
    Franz Schubert, Son of the Muses

    texts about and works by Schubert

    with Max von Pufendorf, recitation

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  • Sun
    18
    Feb
    2024
    Neustadt/Weinstrasse, KLASSIK-REIHE
    18:00 UhrSaalbau, Festsaal

    MANDELRING PLUS … MAX VON PUFENDORF
    Franz Schubert, der Musensohn

    Texte über und Werke von Schubert

    mit Max von Pufendorf

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  • Tue
    05
    Mar
    2024
    Ravensburg
    20:00 UhrKonzerthaus Ravensburg

    Bedřich Smetana, Streichquartett Nr. 1 e-Moll „Aus meinem Leben“
    Leoš Janáček, Streichquartett Nr. 1 „Kreutzer-Sonate“
    Antonín Dvořák, Streichquartett As-Dur op. 105

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