pop-up concert | Animato Kwartet & Khorshid Dadbeh
Schedule
Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 08:15 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Paleiskerk | The Hague, ZH
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𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐲The Animato Quartet shares the stage with Iranian tanbur virtuoso Khorshid Dadbeh. In a captivating programme around the theme of night, they explore the contrasts between light and darkness through compositions spanning four centuries. A highlight from the quartet repertoire is Franz Schubert’s Fifteenth String Quartet, a majestic fifty-minute masterwork. Making its world premiere is Aftab Darvishi’s When the Sky Burns Red.
The concert opens with Claudio Monteverdi’s madrigal Darà la notte il sol. “Sooner will the sun illuminate the earth at night than I will cease my mourning.” Monteverdi lets radiant light break through the darkness of grief. Henri Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit (1976) fully immerses us in the night: a sophisticated and magical poem with captivating colours.
The premiere piece When the Sky Burns Red forms the heart of the programme. Aftab Darvishi drew inspiration from the mystical Yarsan tradition of the Kurdish Kermanshah region in western Iran, where music serves as an instrument for finding inner light. The tanbur, a long-necked lute revered as sacred, takes center stage in a virtuosic solo part.
Schubert’s final String Quartet in G major, D 887 (1826) concludes the program with symphonic grandeur—a masterwork in which lyrical intimacy and dramatic power deepen and intensify one another.
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭
Inga Våga Gaustad violin
Tim Brackman violin
Elisa Karen Tavenier viola
Pieter de Koe cello
𝐊𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐡 tanbur
𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢
Darà la notte il sol (1614)— from: Sesto libro de madrigali
𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐱
Ainsi la nuit (1976)
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐚𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢
When the Sky Burns Red (2024)— for string quartet and tanbur (premiere tour)
𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭
String quartet no. 15 in G-major, D 887 (1826)
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Where is it happening?
Paleiskerk, Paleisstraat 8, 2514 JA Den Haag, Nederland, The Hague, NetherlandsEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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