Camerata Nordica plays bohemian music. Explore the allure of bohemian-inspired music with a program of string quartets by Mozart, Dvorak, Beethoven and Brahms, alongside the magical composition “organum light” by Dobrinka Tabakova, concluding with Brahms' exquisite Eastern European-inspired string quintet.

Bohemian - according to the Glossary of the Swedish Academy something characterized by freedom from rules and planning, in everyday understanding also artistic and unusual.

We often have the opportunity to listen to string quartets, but there is a treasure of music that you don't hear as often, if you just add a violin. These works also deserve to be played and heard!

The setting itself can thus be said to be bohemian, but also in the opening piece by Dvorak you can hear the originality. It is the beautiful string quintet that was composed in the USA that nicely captures the inspiration Dvorak found in the American expression. This program also includes a short but magical piece by the Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova "Organum Light", composed in 2014. The end of the concert is Brahms' String Quintet No. 2, with which Brahms said he wanted to end his career as a composer, although he actually wrote more a few paragraphs later. This is one of Brahms' finest works, with strong influences from Eastern European music and culture. Exuberant, elegant, subtle, original and unmistakable Brahms in every measure!

Program:

Dobrinka Tabakova Organum light for string quartet
Antonin Dvořák String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major Op. 97 / B. 180
Johannes Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G major Op. 111