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Barbara Hannigan & Belcea Quartet
Event by: Festival Pražské jaro / Prague Spring Festival
Location: Rudolfinum, Alšovo nábřeží 12, Staré město - Praha 1
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🇨🇿 The second project of singer and conductor Barbara Hannigan's artistic residency at Prague Spring 2026 will bring not only a harmonious combination of the human voice and stringed instruments, but also the festival debut of the world-leading chamber ensemble Belcea Quartet. The ensemble, which is a regular guest of London's Wigmore Hall and New York's Carnegie Hall, will perform the crystal-clear musical miniatures of Klangfarbenmelodie pioneer Anton Webern and Mozart's "Dissonant" quartet, in which the composer boldly plays with classical harmony. In the second half of the concert, Barbara Hannigan joins his voice in the impressively dreamy music of the young Paul Hindemith and the seeker of new musical expression Arnold Schönberg, whose second string quartet with soprano solo Hannigan describes as "a cool, soothing alien breeze that gently takes us away from everything we knew and loved, including harmony".
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/pj2026-hannigan-belcea-quartet
Barbara Hannigan residency concerts in Prague Spring 2026 ➡️ https://bit.ly/hannigan-rezidence2026
🇬🇧 The second project conceived by singer and conductor Barbara Hannigan during her artistic residency at the Prague Spring 2026 brings a harmonic blend of human voice and string instruments, while the concert also marks the festival debut of leading world chamber ensemble Belcea Quartet. The ensemble, a regular guest of London’s Wigmore Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall, will present a program featuring crystalline musical miniatures by a pioneer of Klangfarbenmelodie (sound-colour melody) Anton Webern and Mozart’s “Dissonance” quartet, in which the composer audaciously toys with Classical harmony. In the second half of the concert the voice of Barbara Hannigan will join the four instruments in the rousing, dreamlike music of young Paul Hindemith and seeker of new musical expression Arnold Schoenberg, whose second string quartet with its soprano solo is described by Hannigan as a "cool, soothing, extraterrestrial breeze that is gently urging us away from what we knew and loved, including harmony".
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/ps2026-hannigan-belceaquartet
Barbara Hannigan's Concerts at the Prague Spring Festival 2026 ➡️ https://bit.ly/hannigan-residency2026
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/pj2026-hannigan-belcea-quartet
Barbara Hannigan residency concerts in Prague Spring 2026 ➡️ https://bit.ly/hannigan-rezidence2026
🇬🇧 The second project conceived by singer and conductor Barbara Hannigan during her artistic residency at the Prague Spring 2026 brings a harmonic blend of human voice and string instruments, while the concert also marks the festival debut of leading world chamber ensemble Belcea Quartet. The ensemble, a regular guest of London’s Wigmore Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall, will present a program featuring crystalline musical miniatures by a pioneer of Klangfarbenmelodie (sound-colour melody) Anton Webern and Mozart’s “Dissonance” quartet, in which the composer audaciously toys with Classical harmony. In the second half of the concert the voice of Barbara Hannigan will join the four instruments in the rousing, dreamlike music of young Paul Hindemith and seeker of new musical expression Arnold Schoenberg, whose second string quartet with its soprano solo is described by Hannigan as a "cool, soothing, extraterrestrial breeze that is gently urging us away from what we knew and loved, including harmony".
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/ps2026-hannigan-belceaquartet
Barbara Hannigan's Concerts at the Prague Spring Festival 2026 ➡️ https://bit.ly/hannigan-residency2026