Danish String Quartet & Danish National Girls’ Choir

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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 New York premiere of David Lang’s in wildness, co-commissioned by Carnegie 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)

SCHUBER Theme from Andante con moto from String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR "Þann heilaga kross" ("On the holy cross") (arr. Thomas Bryla)

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

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

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

ASTRID SONNE "How Far"

CAROLINE SHAW "And So" from Is A Rose (arr. Charlotte Rowan)

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

NIELSEN / TRAD. "Tit er jeg glad og et brudestykke" ("Oft I am glad, and a wedding tune") (arr. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen)

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

Encore:

ROSALÍA / VARIOUS "Reliquia" (arr. Charlotte Rowan)

Event Duration

The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 25-minute intermission.

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Bios

Danish String Quartet

The Grammy-nominated Danish String Quartet continues to assert its preeminence among the world’s finest string quartets. Celebrated for their “intense blend, extreme dynamic ...

Danish National Girls’ Choir

Danish National Girls’ Choir (DR Pigekoret) is one of Denmark’s strongest musical brands: 50 young singers ages 16–22 together create one of the finest girls’ choirs ...

Charlotte Rowan

The founding conductor of the Danish National Girls’ Choir was Lis Jacobsen, who led the ensemble from 1938 to 1961. In August 2023, English choral conductor Charlotte Rowan took over ...

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