The Weber Quartet and Bengt Forsberg played chamber music with American connections
Program
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) - "Indian diary" for piano
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904) - String quartet nr 12, "American"
Intermission
encore Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Prelude nr 16 in G, op 32:5
Leo Ornstein (1893-2002) - Piano quintet, op 92
Performers
Weberkvartetten - Ronnie Weber and Ellinor Weber, violin, Patrik Eriksson, viola and Bekhbat Tsagaanchuluun, cello - was founded in 2005 and won the Chamber Music Association's Young & Promising contest that year. They regularly tour in Sweden and abroad, recording for radio and television, and have participated in several prestigious festivals, both in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe.
In February, 2015, while Allhelgonakyrkan was closed for renovation, the Weber Quartet played for the Friends of Chamber Music series in Katarina Church. This is their first appearance at Allhelgonakyrkan.
Link to Weber Quartet's homepage in Swedish
Bengt Forsberg, piano, is the artistic director of the chamber music series at Allhelgonakyrkan. More information about him can be found under About KVAH.