Danish String Quartet: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубліковано 3 лис 2014
- An abundance of facial hair is not restricted to the sensitive male indie-rocker set. Three of the four players in the Danish String Quartet could easily pass for hipster Brooklyn beard farmers. "We are simply your friendly neighborhood string quartet with above average amounts of beard," the group's website says.
Yet what's really important about the ensemble is how they play - and judging from this performance behind Bob Boilen's desk, these Nordic lads possess warmth, wit, a beautiful tone and technical prowess second to none.
Like most string quartets, they thrive on classics by Brahms, Beethoven, Haydn and the like. But this group recently took a musical detour that landed them in the foggy inlets of the Faroe Islands (a Danish outpost halfway between Norway and Iceland) and various Nordic hamlets where folk tunes are played and passed on.
"Folk music is the music of small places," the quartet notes on its new album Wood Works, which includes the tunes in this concert. "It is the local music, but as such it is also the music of everyone and everywhere." You don't own folk music, the band believes, you simply borrow it for a while.
Violinists Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and Frederik Øland, violist Asbjørn Nørgaard and cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin begin with a set of wedding tunes, some dating back some 400 years and still in use today. Then they pair up an old Danish dance that feels like an Irish jig with a traditional Danish reel from near their home base, Copenhagen. And to close, a slow, evocative wedding dance, in a wistful arrangement by their friend Nikolaj Busk that conjures a lonely fjord shrouded in mist.
The young musicians may only be borrowing this music, but we're awfully pleased they lent a little of it to us. --TOM HUIZENGA
Program:
Traditional: Ye Honest Bridal Couple - Sønderho Bridal Trilogy Parts I & II
Traditional: Sekstur from Vendsyssel - The Peat Dance
Traditional (arr. Nikolaj Busk): Sønderho Bridal Trilogy Part III
Credits:
Producers: Bob Boilen, Tom Huizenga, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Maggie Starbard, Susan Hale Thomas; Assistant Producer: Nick Michael
This is so great
Ayyy TwoSet! *Dabs*
they definitely got their 40 hours in
DUDE HOW HAVE U NOT GOTTEN A MILLION LIKES
Ling Ling can play everything just himself at the same time.
TWOSET
These are the most danish people I've ever seen
One of Them is norwegian😅
@@jonaswillaume same ethnicity 🤷
God, when the viola and cello come in at 3:40, it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
almost sounds like an accordion!
Easily my favourite Tiny Desk concert, these guys are nothing short of amazing
Rarely will you hear music of this caliber played with such sensitivity and dynamic variation.Each musician knows how to clearly delineate their parts, and when to fuse together with exequsite tone.BRAVO.
So expressive, the soloist plays like he's singing the notes ❤ It was so good I teared up from the joy
Watching this in 2020 during the pandemic. Despite all the stupidity in this world, there's music and musicians as such. It really gives a warm light. So just don't lose hope on humanity.
absolutely agree!
This music make me feel like if I were staring at the ocean, at an abandoned house listening to the waves and feeling the sea breeze.
When I learned the 2nd Wedding tune from Fanø, the fiddler told me that the shapes in the music were meant to mimic the waves, and to illustrate how they give and take, how life gives and takes, full of ups and downs.
It's so obvious that they enjoy playing this wonderful music. I keep coming back to it.
This is the best thing I've heard in ages. Those chords - they reach deep into the very fibers of my being. Just beautiful and moving.
Men, I hope that what you do here does not seem ordinary to you. Your music is richly beautiful-you play with so much spirit and emotion! The music makes my heart swell and my soul sing! Mere technical know-how cannot do that to people. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. Please share more.
Ahh. My soul needed this. I am moved beyond a thoughtful comment but will say that we could use a lot more of what these beautiful musicians are offering us with this concert and their work in general. It is incredibly healing.
Rarely will you hear music of this caliber played with such sensitivity and dynamic variation.Each musician knows how to clearly delineate their parts with exequsite tone.
This is electrifying stuff: a blending/alternating of modern and traditional styles that creates a rare tapestry of sound. Their consummate artistry supports both their sensitivity to the moods of the music (and to each other) as well as the exuberant energy of the dance tunes.
I love this! Gotta say that the violist is so grateful for that short solo. And he's having the time of his life!
Lol, noticed that too. Good for him!
This is absolutely splendid work. Brought me to tears when I first heard them.
I hardly ever comment on videos... but this quartet, and the album.... it's just wonderful. I play it to my fiddle students. Thank you.
I feel like I'm reborn after listening to this 😍😍
One of my absolute favourite groups playing amazingly lovely tunes. Many thanks for sharing this. (Their album is tremendously good too).
Beautiful. Thank you for existing and playing, music. Congrats!!!
Splendid !! Luminous !! Celtic sounds too... Thanksfully to All of you and to Tiny Desk !!!💖👍☺
Thanks for sharing these beautiful ancient melodies. Smooth sailing to our friends from Denmark.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard!
Smiles and tears! It’s my first time watching a video of the Danish String Quartet and they don’t disappoint. Whenever I hear them on the radio, I have to find out who this group is, and I’m not surprised when it’s them. Such fun music! Thank you!
the last song gave me heavy Korra vibes and got me crying.
This is the best string quartet I've ever heard in my life. This music is very pleasant to listen to.
I'll never understand the (even few) dislikes on one of these. This is truly beautiful
Mutes are on at the start, and at the end for the first violin. Neat to see/hear that. Tiny Desk gets you in close for that. Wonderful playing.
Oh my God, what an incredible music! I'm from Brazil, I'm absolute touched
Outstanding! Such beautiful, rhythmic melodies and such finesse from the musicians...
Absolutely wonderful! Got to see them perform at Chris Thile's "Life from Here" at Town Hall in February and they blew me away!
Truly lovely. Your dynamics are impeccable.
Beautiful.
They are so cute omg the smiles I'm dying. I'm in love with their music.
So wonderful that a sublimely talented string quartet like these four gorgious gentlemen choose to keep old folk songs and dances alive. It is an important heritage we should not forget! Keep up the good spirit!
Ahhh, that ending 😭. That left me crying like a baby
They ... OMG tears of hapiness. Thanx for being.
Finding this now?? LOVE ❤️
welcome to the party!
This was absolutely beautiful. Thank you❤️
I've been coming to this video for the past 3 years, simply amazing. Well done.
Make that 6.
you are super awesome guys
Excellent music and bravo to whoever did the sound. Amazing quality.
Wonderful music, so varied and expressive - thanks!
So different and refreshing. What a joy to listen to!
Thank you ..................... Don't have words to describe ........ the beautiful feelings that you guys just invoke in me with your music .......
simple yet an emotional ride.
Beautiful ! Thank you for sharing
Beautiful heart bursting.
One of my favorite ever TDCs. Especially Part II of the Bridal Trilogy, and the Sekstur from Vendsyssel!!
Gosh, the percusive vibe of the cellist sound is incredible, i couldnt imagine the emotional efect it can have
I first heard these guys on Performance Today. It was entertaining to listen to the announcer try to say their names. I love how they make a hardanger fiddle sound at times.
Thank you for this magical beauty
Wonderful music, especially the first piece!
Amazing - creates a new world in my heart!
This is absolutely wonderful~
Simply beautiful ~
Great sound, great performance and great dynamic... Wonderful music ! 🙏
This is totally gorgeous
This is gorgeous.
They are amazing!
Beautiful... So glad I found this.
i watched this, yoyo ma, and max richters set back to back... just glorious.
man these dudes are so connected and so Danish looking
Absolutely fantastic playing and lovely tunes. I could listen to this for hours. Agree that the borrowed tunes have been well repaid here.
This is so beautiful
I love string instruments
Beautiful beautiful beautiful vibes.
Amazing. Thank you. ❤️🙏🎻
Wow wow, what a pure delight. So glad to have discovered you this evening. Better late(r) than never! Thank you, Danish String Quartet. I hope you are still making beautiful music. Going to go to Google and find out.
This was wonderful!
just sooooooooo beautiful!!! made me dance and cry of happiness and beauty
They've been nominated for a Grammy!!! :)
This is my favorite tiny desk!
So inspiring and exciting to watch! ❤️❤️
Beautiful!!
so much sound
Beautiful !
wow that last tune is gorgeous
I adore this so much
these guys are brilliant
Jeg elsker jer og TAK fordi i vælger og finder på sådan nogle fantastiske styks og spiller dem med perfektion!!!
made me cry, bravo
beautiful music and performance!!
Why I can't push the thumbs up button twice or more. Even thier sounds is so beautiful.
Thank you thank you thank you. We battle the blues in strings and wood. Thank you.
quite simply, marvelous...
Lovely!
Love it,its so full of live
There smiles really make this performance so enjoyable ;)
I love Tom Huizenga's introduction of the quartet almost as much as I love their music. Fantastic performance!
Is so so so nice . Fantastic performance ! Thanks
Wow this is so beautiful. This is how I feel when I sit in nature and close my eyes.
We heard them in concert yesterday afternoon at the Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine (Minsky Hall). Fantastic! Played these selections.........................
I love this music!
Georgeous music!!!!❤️
Awesome t-shirt - oh, and the music was awesome too!
This is beautiful, dreamlike.
Superb. Great musicality.
Great stuff, beautiful to my ears.
Thank You
Wonderful!