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Classical Summer Concert: Novo Quartet - Late Quartets by Haydn and Beethoven

Sunday 30 August 12 - 1 PM

Once again, the Classical Summer Concerts are delighted to present a range of world-class musicians, performing amongst the Roman gods and heroes in the Glyptotek’s atmospheric Central Hall.

As the name suggests, NOVO Quartet is one of the newer chamber music ensembles in Denmark- founded in 2018 -but they have already made a strong international impression, winning top prizes at competitions in Geneva, Heidelberg, and Trondheim. Most recently, they have been selected as BBC New Generation Artists 2025–27.

Here they perform music by two composers who were absolutely pivotal in shaping the modern idea of the string quartet as four individual musicians collaborating to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Both works were written late in the lives of Haydn and Beethoven, at a time when their reputations were firmly established. Yet although only 27 years separate the two quartets, they represent vastly different worlds: the 67-year-old Haydn still inhabits the aesthetic of the 18th century, while the 56-year-old Beethoven points toward the music of an unknown future.

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Musicians

NOVO Quartet Kaya Kato Møller, violin Nikolai Vasili Nedergaard, violin Daniel Śledziński, viola Signe Ebstrup Bitsch, cello

Program

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77 No. 2, Hob. III:82 (1799) Allegro moderato Menuetto: Presto ma non troppo – Trio Andante Finale: Vivace assai

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1826) Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo Allegro molto vivace Allegro moderato – Adagio Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Più mosso – Andante moderato e lusinghiero – Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice – Allegretto Presto Adagio quasi un poco andante Allegro

About Classical Summer Concerts at The Glyptotek

The Classical Summer Concerts take place every Sunday in August and September from 12.00 to 1.00 pm.

The star-studded programme is organised by Julie Eskær, 1st. concertmaster in the Danish Chamber Orchestra and chamber musician, and Ingemar Brantelid, chamber musician and former solo cellist in the Royal Danish Orchestra. This will be the 47th series.

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