Recitalist Series
Danish String Quartet
Danish National Girls’s Choir
Recitalist Series
Danish String Quartet
Danish National Girls’s Choir
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Epiphany
Experience a captivating journey through sound and story as the acclaimed Danish String Quartet joins forces with the radiant Danish National Girls’ Choir. Blending contemporary works, reimagined classics, and Nordic folk traditions, this program explores themes of memory, identity, and our bond with the natural world.
Praised by Gramophone for their “intense blend, extreme dynamic variation, perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow,” the Quartet brings its signature warmth to the stage. The 50-member Choir, described as a “powerhouse” with a “highly sophisticated repertoire” (The Santa Barbara Independent), deepens the concert’s emotional impact with its luminous voices.
Featuring music by Caroline Shaw, Lotta Wennäkoski, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Franz Schubert, Rune Sørensen, and traditional Nordic songs, the evening culminates in David Lang’s in wildness—a new work co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts and a consortium of global partners.
Program Details
Caroline Shaw: Allemande from “Partita for 8 Voices”
Lotta Wennäkoski: “Girl”
Franz Schubert: Theme from Death and the Maiden, D.810
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Þann heilaga kross
Trad (arr. Sørensen): Kisti du kom
Trad: En Skomager har jeg været
Trad (arr. Sørensen): Dronning Dagmar ligger udi Ribe syg
Rune Sørensen: Once a Shoemaker
Astrid Sonne: How far
Caroline Shaw: And so
Turlough O’ Carolan (arr. Danish String Quartet): Captain O’Kane
Carl Nielsen/Ingemann (arr. Sørensen) : Tit er jeg glad og et brudestykke
David Lang: in wildness (co-commission)
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