Danish String Quartet Danish National Girls' Choir | Apr 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Carnegie Hall Presents

Danish String Quartet
Danish National Girls' Choir

Friday, April 17, 2026 7:30 PM Zankel Hall

Danish String Quartet and Danish National Girls’ Choir by Caroline Bittencourt

Combining a string quartet and girls’ choir may sound “easygoing and nice” on paper, says the Danish String Quartet (DSQ) about its collaboration with the Danish National Girls’ Choir, “but that is not how things are going to play out.” In this bespoke program, two daring ensembles give visceral power to a millennium of women-centered music and more. The concert includes the Allemande from Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Partita for 8 Voices; works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Lotta Wennäkoski, and electronic musician Astrid Sonne; and more, interspersed with traditional tunes from Scandinavia and beyond. Also featured is the US premiere of David Lang’s in wildness, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall.

Part of: Friday Nights in Zankel Hall

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Performers

Danish String Quartet
- Frederik Øland, Violin
- Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Violin
- Asbjørn Nørgaard, Viola
- Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, Cello
Danish National Girls' Choir
Charlotte Rowan, Conductor

Program

CAROLINE SHAW Allemande from Partita for 8 Voices

LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI "Vorüber, ach, vorüber!" from Pige (Girl)

SCHUBERT Theme from Andante con moto from "Der Tod und das Mädchen" ("Death and the Maiden"), D. 531

ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR "Þann heilaga kross" ("On the holy cross")

TRAD. "Kisti du kom" ("Kisti you came") (arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)

TRAD. "A shoemaker I have been"

TRAD. "Dronning Dagmars død" ("The Death of Queen Dagmar") (arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)

RUNE TONSGAARD SØRENSEN Once a Shoemaker (US Premiere; arr. for girls' choir and string quartet)

ASTRID SONNE "How Far"

CAROLINE SHAW "No. 2, And So" from Is A Rose

TRAD. "Captain O'Kane" (arr. Danish String Quartet)

NIELSEN "I am often happy and yet want to cry" (arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)

TRAD. "Second Bridal Piece" (arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)

DAVID LANG in wildness (US Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

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