Music Festival Days in The Black Diamond 2026 – Saturday
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The second day of Music Festival Days 2026 runs from 12 noon to 10.00 pm and concludes with a festive gala concert at 8.00 pm in the Queen’s Hall.
12 noon: Welcome by Mathias Hammer, Jens Elvekjær and Jesper Egelund.
Next, concerts featuring Marianna Shirinyan, Michala Petri, Torleif Thedéen, Matthias Schorn, NOVO Quartet, Danel Quartet, Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Xu Ziling and many others. Additional artists will be announced on an ongoing basis.
Concerts take place at several locations in The Black Diamond and Royal Danish Library, such as The Old Reading Room.
7.30 pm: A complimentary glass of sparkling wine will be served to guests attending the gala concert in the foyer outside the Queen’s Hall.
8.00 pm: Gala Concert
The Queen's Hall
Enjoy the musicians and the music in ideal surroundings in our library's big concert hall, the Queen's Hall.
1.00 pm: NOVO Quartet/Mathias Hammer - The history of music
The history of music told by Mathias Hammer with NOVO Quartet's pithy play.
Participants
NOVO Quartet and Mathias Hammer
Programme
Henry Purcell: Fantasia VIII
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 (extracts)
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (extracts)
Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 2 – First Movement (extract)
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte
2.30 pm: Trio con Brio CPH - Mendelssohn
A classic told by one of the world's leading trios - living in Gentofte of all places.
Participants
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
3.30 pm: Piekut, Shirinyan amd Thedéen - tales
Leoš Janáčeks musik er utroligt fortællende og ligesom Tora Takemitsu blev hans musik også benyttet til film. Pohadka er for eksempel blevet brugt i den oscarvindende Tilværelsens ulidelige lethed.
Leoš Janáček's music is incredibly evocative and like Tora Takemitsu, his music was also used for films. For example, Pohadka has been used in the oscar winning film The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Participants
Gustav Piekut, piano
Marianna Shirinyan, piano
Torleif Thedéen, cello
Programme
Leoš Janáček: On an Overgrown Path (extracts)
Tōru Takemitsu: Orion
Leoš Janáček: Pohádka
5.00 pm: Matthias Schorn and Quatuor Danel - The iconic
From the beginning it was a hit, and was only allowed to be played by the past's grand virtuoso. We thought it would be best suitable to let the solo clarinettist from Wiener Philharmonikerne play this with Quatuor Danel.
Participants
Matthias Schorn, clarinet and Quatuor Danel
Programme
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
7.30 pm: Gala
We are closing with a bang - a cornucopia with classic highlights and surprises securely guided by Mathias Hammer.
Participants
TUTTI
Programme
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Antonio Vivaldi: Winter (from The Four Seasons)
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt / Glaub nicht, mein Lieb
Jarkko Riihimäki: Tango Club
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Dmitri Shostakovich: Octet
Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartet No. 5
Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
The Old Reading Room
You will find the impressive The Old Reading Room in the old library building at the end of Kirkebybroen.
12.00 pm: Marianna Shirinyan and Torleif Thedéen - The Nordic
Participants
Marianna Shirinyan, piano. Torleif Thedéen, cello.
Programme
Edvard Grieg: Cello sonata
2.00 pm: Gustav Piekut - Schubert
Participants
Gustav Piekut, piano.
Programme
Franz Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90
4.00 pm: Trio con Brio Copenhagen - Sjostakovitj
Participants
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Programme
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67
Exhibitions in the Rotunda
Experience concerts in the exhibition area in the basement.
1.00 pm: Quatuor Danel - Beethoven
Participants
Quatuor Danel
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1, ‘Razumovsky No. 1’
3.00 pm: NOVO Quartet - Changes
Participants
NOVO Quartet
Programme
György Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1, ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’ (1953–54)
5.00 pm: NOVO Quartet and Michala Petri - The Four Seasons
Participants
Michala Petri and NOVO Quartet
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn
Antonio Vivaldi: Winter
And more
Concerts on Kirkebybroen
Experience concerts beneath Per Kirkeby's remarkable ceiling painting on the bridge connecting The Black Diamond with Royal Danish Library's historic buildings.
1.00 pm: Michala Petri and Xu Ziling - Virtuoses
Participants
Michala Petri, recorder and Xu Ziling, erhu
Programme
Chinese and Danish music
3.00 pm: Quartet Danel - Weinberg
Participants
Quartet Danel
Programme
Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartet No. 6
5.00 pm: Torleif Thedéen - Suites with Thedéen
One of the Nordic region's leading cellists presents legendary repertoire for the cello with one of Benjamin Britten's suites, inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's celebrated cello suites.
Participants
Torleif Thedéen, cello
Programme
Benjamin Britten: Cello Suite
The bridge between the reading rooms, Atrium
Concerts from the bridge between The Student Reading Room and Research Reading Room on the second level. Experience the concerts from the Atrium, Kirkebybroen, and the brdiges on 3rd, 4th and 5th floor.
12.00 pm: Soo-Kyung/Soo-Jin - Eastern Europe
Participants
Soo-Kyung Hong, cello and Soo-Jin Hong, violin
Programme
Béla Bartók: Selected Duos for Two Violins, arranged for violin and cello
Lera Auerbach: Three Dances in the Old Style
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 – I. Allegro serioso, non troppo
2.00 pm: Matthias Schorn - Born to Be Schorn
Participants
Matthias Schorn, clarinet
Programme
Jarkko Riihimäki: Tango Club
Thomas Gansch: Clari Nice Guy
Balduin Sulzer: Kanzonette
And more
4.00 pm: Xu Ziling - China
Participants
Xu Ziling, erhu
Programme
Chinese solo performances
6:30 pm: Anna Klett - The north Atlantic
Participants
Anna Klett, clarinet
Programme
Tróndur Bogason: Kugellampen
Per Nørgård: I hekseringen og udenfor
And more
Music Festival Days in the Diamond is supported by Augustinus Foundation, William Demant Foundation and Knud Højgaard Foundation.