#danish string quartet

Song Review: Aoife O'Donovan and Danish String Quartet: “Som Stjernerne På Himlen Blå”(Live, Jan. 25, 2024)

Singing a cappella and off-mic, the Danish String Quartet take over for Aoife O’Donovan:

Now we will end our little song/to not be long and dull/farewell, farewell my dearest friend/we’ll likely meet yet once again/on a sunny day in the end

It’s a sublime end to the temporary quintet’s English translation of “Som Stjernerne På Himlen Blå” (“Like the Stars in the Blue Sky”), the Danish traditional number O’Donovan sings with sweetness and fragility over DSQ’s quietly waltzing accompaniment.

Captured Jan. 25 on professional video, it’s the kind of aural transcendence that makes one wish he’d been there and feel grateful to whomever recorded the thing.

Grade card: Aoife O'Donovan and Danish String Quartet: “Som Stjernerne På Himlen Blå” (Live, Jan. 25, 2024) - A+

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) : String Quartet Nr. 3 Eb major

1. Allegro con brio 2. Andante sostenuto 3. Allegretto pastorale – Presto – Allegretto pastorale 4. Finale : Allegro coraggioso

Danish String Quartet : Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen, violin Frederik Oland, violin Asbjorn Norgaard, viola Frederik Schoyen Sjölin, cello