Artists’ message to visitors

We are a string quartet that is passionate about bringing old music to life in a new and fresh way. We have prepared a dynamic program of music written by Haydn, Mozart, and Vanhal. They were all friends and played quartets together with a fourth musician, Dittersdorf, and would write music for these gatherings. Haydn and Mozart are still famous today for their masterful compositions, and while the two others have fallen into ambiguity, they have nonetheless left many fine compositions for us to enjoy today. These creative and intimate gatherings produced a lot of exquisite music, and our concert reflects this spirit. We perform on original instruments that are set up in a way that they would have been at the time the music was written. We also research how performers in the time would have played, using various expressive tools that have been lost with time. We cannot wait to share this exciting programme with you.

The mission statement of the ensemble

We are passionate about bringing lively, engaging, and joyful performances of string quartet repertoire to a broad audience. Through playing on historical instruments and our research, we aim to bring this music to life in a fresh way full of affects, dialogue, and humour. Whether performing on a street corner, in a café, in a church, or in a large concert hall, we create an intimate atmosphere that reflects the spirit of how this music was originally performed and engages our audiences in an immediate way.