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Chamber Spotlight: Folk Focus

Wed, May 14

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Performance Hall, Royal College of Music

Featuring Dvorak’s Piano Quintet no.2 in A major op.81

Chamber Spotlight: Folk Focus
Chamber Spotlight: Folk Focus

Time & Location

May 14, 2025, 6:00 PM

Performance Hall, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BS, UK

About the event

Tickets: https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3191831


Sooji Seol New work (world premiere)

Trad (arr Danish String Quartet) Folksongs

Dvořák Piano Quintet no 2 in A major op 81 B 155


The timeless, intimate – and often raucous – world of folk music comes to the Royal College of Music via arrangements of traditional folksong alongside music inspired by this distinctive style.


Following a world premiere performance of music by RCM composer Sooji Seol, enjoy a selection of Scandinavian folksongs arranged by the Danish String Quartet – an ensemble that has devoted much of the last decade to bringing this beautiful repertoire to new audiences. The programme culminates in Dvořák’s Piano Quintet no 2, a work in which, unusually, he did not use authentic Czech folk tunes but composed his own – including a finale that evokes the quick Bohemian dance known as the ‘furiant’.

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