Stenhammar: String Quartet No 4

Stenhammar Quartet performs Wilhelm Stenhammar’s String Quartet No 4 at Gothenburg Concert Hall to honour the composers 150th jubilee.

The conductor, composer and pianist Wilhelm Stenhammar played a decisive role when he took over the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 1907 and led the orchestra for 15 years. A golden era where Stenhammar developed the orchestra both artistically and technically, introduced contemporary composers such as Mahler and Debussy and invited the Nordic giants Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to conduct their own works.

Recorded for GSOplay in Gothenburg Concert Hall in February 2021.