Friday 7 February 2020 SJE Arts

Grieg & Sibelius | Engegård Quartet

Engegård Quartet

Formed under the midnight sun in 2006, the Engegård Quartet has rapidly become one of Norway’s most sought-after ensembles. Their bold, fresh interpretations of the classical repertoire combined with a deep attachment to their Scandinavian roots has attracted international acclaim; the quartet’s debut CD was praised as ‘breathtaking’ in The Strad.

For their first ever performance in Oxford, they combine Mozart’s much-loved quartet in D minor with works by Grieg and Sibelius. Anyone familiar with orchestral works by these two composers will quickly find idiomatic motifs in these quartets – they are symphonic structures in their own right.

‘…those seeking the Grieg/Sibelius pairing in modern sound would be hard pressed to find better.’ Richard Bratby, Gramophone