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Our Projects
Since 2024, the ensemble is the artistic directors of the Båstad International Chamber Music Festival one of the most prominent festivals in the Nordics, featuring 25 concerts and masterclasses.
Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen is a driving force within the vibrant musician collective Østerbro Koncertforening in Copenhagen. Here, new ideas are developed for outreach and for creating connections between musicians and listeners through a series of concerts and a festival.
With a focus on nurturing the next generation of musicians and composers, the quartet regularly conducts masterclasses for students from institutions like Musikhögskolan Malmö and Sankt Annæ MGK.
The ensemble is collaborating with leading Scandinavian and international composers, having commissioned and premiered prize winning music by: Márton Illés, Steingrimur Rohloff, Britta Byström, Poul Ruders, Peter Bruun, Ole Buck, Mogens Christensen, Lars Klit, Pernille Sejlund, Mathias Vestergård, Line Tjørnhøj and Martin Stauning.
Learn more about our repertoire:
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Steingrimur Rohloff: Die 4 Himmelsrichtungen (2020) (IRC 2021 recommended top 10)
Martin Stauning: Stèle à Six Faces (2019) ("Carl Prisen" best chambermusic work 2020)
Peter Bruun: Merman and the shore (2019)
Lars Klit: The faded garden (2018)
Pernille Sejlund: Ceci n'est pas un tango and "Nord" (2018)
Britta Byström: Camera Picta (2024)
Mogens Christensen: Flumina Mortis (2022)
Lars Hegaard: A New Beginning (2017)
Marton Illes: Tre akvareller for klavertrio (2024)
Line Tjørnhøj (f. 1960): TO HAVE TO (2018)
Matias Vestergård: Liebeslied (2017/2024)
Ole Buck: Figurationer (2022)
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Richard Wagner: Isoldes Liebestod
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Arnold Scönberg: Verklärte nacht
Claude Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
Tor Aulin: Violinkoncert no. 3 i c-mol op. 14. (1896)
John Cage: 4:33
Antonín Dvorák: Bagateller op. 47 (1878)
Carl Nielsen: Fem klaverstykker op. 3 (1891)
Niels W. Gade: Scherzo i cis-mol for piano quartet (1836)
H. C. Lumbye: Koncertpolka for two violins (1863)
Bohuslav Martinu: quartet (1947)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat, KV. 493 (1786)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Koncert for klarinet i A-dur, K. 622, Allegro - Koncert for klaver i A-dur, K. 488, Adagio - Koncert for violin i A-dur, K. 219, Rondeau - Tempo di minuetto
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Quartets and larger ensemble
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin de temps
Walter Rabl: Quartet
Thomas Adés: Catch for quartet
Paul Hindemith: Quartet
Britta Byström: Letters in April
Niels W. Gade: Presto for quartet
Johan Sebastian Bach/Andy Pape: Præludium i Es-mol
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance no 5 WoO 1
Karl Fiorini: In the Midst of Things (2019)
Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Marton Illes: Tre Akvareller (2020)
Vittori Monti/Bent Lorentzen: Czárdás (1904/2006)
Carl Nielsen: Hanedans fra Maskerade (1906) Arrangeret af Øystein Sonstadt
Per Nørgård: Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking (2008)
Frantz Schubert/Per
Nørgård: Nacht und Träume (2005)
Poul Ruders: Tattoo for Four (2017)
John Williams: Air and Simple Gifts (2009)
Trios
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet trio
Clara Schumann: Piano trio
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen
Maurice Ravel: Piano trio
Emil Hartmann: Serenade
Grażyna Bacewicz: Trio for violin, Klarinet og cello
Béla Bartók: Contrasts
Ludwig v. Beethoven: Gassenhauertrio op. 11
Ludwig v. Beethoven: Trio for klaver, klarinet og cello op. 38 (1803)
Mogens Christensen: Nordic Summer Ghosts (1996)
Ludwig v. Beethoven: Trio for klaver, klarinet og cello op. 38
Sally Beamish: The King’s Alchemist (2013)
Claude Debussy: Klavertrio (1880)
Antoni Dvorak: Klavertrio op 90, 'Dumky' (1891)
Emil Hartmann: Serenade op. 24 for klarinet, cello og klaver (1877)
Vagn Holmboe: Trio for klarinet, cello og klaver op. 137 (1978)
John Ireland: Phantasie-Trio (1906)
György Kurtág: HOMMAGE à R. Sch. op. 15/d (1990)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Klavertrio nr. 1 i d-mol op. 49 (1839)
Darius Milhaud: Suite op. 157b for violin, klarinet og klaver (1936)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kegelstatt, K. 498 for klarinet, bratch og klaver (1786)
Per Nørgård: Spell (1973) for klarinet, cello og klaver
Franz Schubert: klavertrio i B-dur D. 898 (1827)
Arnold Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht op. 4 for klavertrio (1899)
Dimitri Sjostakovitj (1906-75): Klavertrio nr. 1 i c-mol (1923)
Dimitri Sjostakovitj (1906-75): 5 stykker for violin, klarinet og klaver (1949-55)
Igor Stravinsky: Historien om en soldat, for violin, klarinet og klaver (1918)
Bent Sørensen: Mondnacht for bratsch, klarinet og klaver (2005)
Duos
Claude Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
Tor Aulin (1855-1914): Fyra Akvareller för violin og piano
Nadia Boulanger: Tre stykker for cello og klaver (1914)
Lili Boulanger: To stykker for violin og klaver (1911)
Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for violin og klaver WoO 2
Johannes Brahms: Sonate for klarinet og klaver i Es-dur op. 120 nr. 2
Johannes Brahms: Sonate for klarinet og klaver i f-mol op. 120 nr. 1
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale for bratsch og klarinet
Claude Debussy: Nocturne et Scherzo for cello og klaver
Ludwig v. Beethoven: Sonate for klaver og cello op. 102 nr. 1 (1815)
Claude Debussy: Sonate for cello og klaver (1915)
Claude Debussy: Sonate for violin og klaver (1917)
Jean Francaix: Tema med variationer for klarinet og klaver (1974)
Niels W. Gade: Fantasistykker for klarinet og klaver op. 43 (1864)
George Gershwin: tre preludier for klarinet og klaver (1926)
Edvard Grieg: Cellosonate op. 36 (1883)
Johan Halvorsen: Passacaglia, op 20 nr. 2 for violin og cello (1894)
Leoš Janáček: Pohádka for cello og Klaver (1910)
Zoltan Kodaly: Duo for violin og cello op. 7 (1914)
György Kurtág: Hommage à Jacob Obrecht for bratch og cello (2005)
Amanda Maier: sonate for violin og klaver (1878)
Olivier Messiaen: Tema med variationer for violin og klaver (1932)
Olivier Messiaen: Fantaisie for violin og klaver (1933)
Olivier Messiaen: Vocalise (1935) for cello og klaver
Francis Poulenc: Sonate for klarinet og klaver (1962)
Sergei Prokovief: Sonate for cello og klaver op. 119 (1949)
Gordon Jacob: Miniature Suite (1956)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Klarinetsonate op. 167 (1921)
Erik Satie: Ting set fra højre og venstre (uden briller) for violin og klaver (1914)
Anton Webern: 2 stykker for cello og klaver (1899)
Anton Webern: Tre små stykker op. 11 for klaver og cello (1914)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song (1926)
Solo
Lili Boulanger: Tre stykker for klaver (1914)
Frank Bridge: Winter Pastoral for piano
Frank Bridge: At Dawn for left hand
Peter Bruun: The lantern out of door - Tre cellostudier (2020) (uropførelse)
Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque (1890/1905)
Sofia Gubaidulina: 10 preludier for solocello (1974)
Ligeti: Sonate for solo cello (1953)
Carl Nielsen: Chaconne for klaver op. 32 (1916)
Per Nørgård: Akilles og Skildpadden (1983)
Einouhani Rautavaara (1928-2016): Ikonit for klaver (1955)
Poul Ruders: Tattoo for One (1984)
Poul Ruders: Bel Canto (2004)
Poul Ruders: Etuder for klaver
Poul Ruders: Bravour Studien - l´Homme armé (1976)
Igor Stravinsky: Tre stykker for soloklarinet (1919)
Bent Sørensen: Vuggeviser for klaver (2000)
Iannis Xenakis: Paille in the Wind for cello og klaver (1992)