Kaleidoscope / Not for Elise - NOSPR

Not for Elise – String Quartets by Beethoven and Szymanowski, and Prize-Winning Works from the 2nd Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition

Icon, innovator, idealist – these three ‘i’s could easily serve as a description of one of the greatest composers of classical music. His Bagatelle in A minor, better known as Für Elise, has been popularised almost beyond measure and can now be heard in countless places around the world – as a mobile phone ringtone, in musical toys and in all manner of everyday objects, not necessarily of the most refined kind.

Beethoven himself was often irritated when only his most popular works were played over and over again. He complained: ‘But I have written better things.’ So we will hear not only the popular pieces, but some of those ‘better things’ too, performed by an outstanding string quartet that won a prize at the previous edition of the Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition – the Monbijou Quartet.

And we will talk not only about wonderful music, the emergence of the first permanent string quartet, and Beethoven’s eccentricities and greatest qualities, but also about the countless fascinating objects and installations that make up a kind of playground inspired by his music.

Tickets on sale from 3 February 2027 at 2.00 pm.

Tickets will be available exclusively from the NOSPR box offices.

Telephone reservations: +48 32 73 25 312, +48 32 73 25 320 and +48 32 73 25 321.

Tickets cost PLN 15 per pupil and PLN 1 for group leaders.

Concert duration: approx. 60 minutes

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