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
    26
    Sep
    2024
    Speyer
    8:00 pmDom, Krypta

    HOFFNUNG - ANTON BRUCKNER zum 200. Geburtstag
    Johannes Brahms, string quartet Nr. 1
    Anton Bruckner, string quintet

    with Roland Glassl, viola

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  • Thu
    03
    Oct
    2024
    Bonn
    1:00 pmPlenarsaal des Bundesrats

    "A la carte"
    Selection of works by the audience in the concert hall from the following list.
    First work:
    Joseph Haydn, string quartet in G minor op. 74 Nr. 3 "The Rider"
    Fanny Hensel, string quartet in E flat major
    György Ligeti, string quartet Nr. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
    Wolfgang A. Mozart, string quartet in D minor KV 421
    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, string quartet in D major op. 44 Nr. 1
    Second work:
    Ludwig van Beethoven, string quartet in C major op. 59 Nr. 3
    Johannes Brahms, string quartet in A minor op. 51 Nr. 2
    Antonín Dvorak, string quartet in F major op. 96 "American"
    Wolfgang A. Mozart, string quartet in C major KV 465
    Maurice Ravel, string quartet in F major

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  • Thu
    03
    Oct
    2024
    Bonn
    5:00 pmPlenarsaal des Bundesrats

    "A la carte"
    Selection of works by the audience in the concert hall from the following list.
    First work:
    Joseph Haydn, string quartet in G minor op. 74 Nr. 3 "The Rider"
    Fanny Hensel, string quartet in E flat major
    György Ligeti, string quartet Nr. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
    Wolfgang A. Mozart, string quartet in D minor KV 421
    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, string quartet in D major op. 44 Nr. 1
    Second work:
    Ludwig van Beethoven, string quartet in C major op. 59 Nr. 3
    Johannes Brahms, string quartet in A minor op. 51 Nr. 2
    Antonín Dvorak, string quartet in F major op. 96 "American"
    Wolfgang A. Mozart, string quartet in C major KV 465
    Maurice Ravel, string quartet in F major

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  • Sun
    20
    Oct
    2024
    Neustadt/Weinstrasse, KLASSIK-REIHE
    6:00 pmSaalbau

    SCHICKSAL
    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, string quartet F minor op. 80
    Leoš Janáček, string quartet Nr. 1 „Kreutzersonate“
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, string quartet D minor KV 421

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  • Sun
    03
    Nov
    2024
    Frankfurt
    11:00 amHolzhausenschlösschen

    Erwin Schulhoff, five pieces for string quartet
    Berthold Goldschmidt, string quartet Nr. 2
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold, string quartet Nr. 2, op. 26