Quatuor Danel celebrated 30 years at the forefront of the European music scene in 2022. The Danel is known for its deeply personal interpretations of the string quartet cycles of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Shostakovich, and Weinberg, and its lively and fresh vision of traditional quartet repertoire. The Danel has championed the string quartets of Shostakovich and enjoyed rich collaboration with major contemporary composers. The quartet has been artist-in-residence at The University of Manchester since 2005.

The Strad recognized in the Danel “a fluent testament to long experience and stylistic command.”

Single tickets $47.50 - $52 (HST included)
Students $10+handling
18-35 pay-your-age, arts workers & health care workers half-price

Program

Schubert - Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Weinberg - Quartet in A-flat Minor, No. 16, Op. 130
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Mendelssohn - Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80

Please also join us for this FREE event: 'Weinberg's String Quartets: The Crossroads of Identity and Freedom', an illustrated lecture by Michelle Assay, David Fanning, and the Quatuor Danel.

Wednesday, October 11 5:30 – 7:00pm, U of T Edward Johnson Building (80 Queen’s Park), room 330.

About the event: Over the past two decades, the Quatuor Danel has been championing the 17 string quartets of Mieczyslaw Weinberg. The Polish-born composer twice narrowly escaped Nazi invasions, eventually settling in Moscow, where he became Shostakovich's closest musical friend. In private meetings the two composers demonstrated their latest compositions, and their string quartets constitute a musical dialogue, even a 'competition' as Shostakovich once wrote. This illustrated lecture will introduce Weinberg's quartets and show how they dramatise issues such as Identity, Freedom, Influence, and how musicology and performance may work symbiotically.