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
  • Sun
    23
    Apr
    2023
    Neustadt/Weinstraße, THE CLASSICAL SERIES
    6:00 pmSaalbau, Festsaal

    CLASSICAL MEATS NEOCLASSICAL
    Joseph Haydn, string quartet op. 33/1
    Sergei Prokofjew, string quartet no. 1
    Joseph Haydn, string quartet op. 74/3 "Rider"
    Sergei Prokofjew, string quartet no. 2

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  • Mon
    24
    Apr
    2023
    Coburg
    8:00 pmFoyer der HUK Coburg

    Claude Debussy, string quartet op. 10
    Jean Rivier, string quartet Nr. 1
    A selection of works from the CD "Pennies from Heaven"

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  • Fri
    28
    Apr
    2023
    Hohenems, Austria, SCHUBERTIADE
    8:00 pmMarkus-Sittikus-Saal

    Joseph Hayden, string quartet op. 33/1
    Claude Debussy, string quartet op. 10
    Franz Schubert, string quartet D 810 "Death and the Maiden"

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