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.

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  • Sat
    23
    Mar
    2024
    Madrid, Spain
    7:30 pmPalacio del Marqués de Salamanca de Madrid

    BRAHMS CYCLE
    Johannes Brahms, string quartet in C minor op. 51/1
    Johannes Brahms, string quartet in A minor op. 51/2

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  • Sun
    24
    Mar
    2024
    Madrid, Spain
    12:00 pmPalacio del Marqués de Salamanca de Madrid

    BRAHMS CYCLE
    Johannes Brahms, string quartet in B flat major op. 67
    Johannes Brahms, clarinet quintet in B minor op. 115

    with Laura Ruiz Ferreres, clarinet

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  • Tue
    26
    Mar
    2024
    Cuenca, Spain
    8:00 pmEspacio Torner

    Franz Schubert, string quartet in G minor D 173
    György Ligeti, string quartet Nr. 1
    Ludwig van Beethoven, string quartet op.132 "Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity"

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  • Sun
    14
    Apr
    2024
    Neustadt/Weinstrasse, CLASSICAL SERIES
    6:00 pmSaalbau, Festsaal

    BIRTHDAY CONCERT II QUINTENQUARTETT AND QUARTENQUINTETT
    Joseph Haydn, string quartet op. 76/2 „Quintenquartett - The Fifths“
    Christoph Schickedanz, „Quartenquintett“ - commissioned work on the occasion of the 40. birthday of the Mandelring Quartet
    Johannes Brahms, string quintet in G major op.111

    with Roland Glassl, viola

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  • Tue
    23
    Apr
    2024
    Ingolstadt
    8:00 pmStadttheater, Festsaal

    BIRTHDAY CONCERT II QUINTENQUARTETT AND QUARTENQUINTETT
    Joseph Haydn, string quartet op. 76/2 „Quintenquartett - The Fifths“
    Christoph Schickedanz, „Quartenquintett“ - commissioned work on the occasion of the 40. birthday of the Mandelring Quartet
    Johannes Brahms, string quintet in G major op.111

    with Roland Glassl, viola

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