Naturally! (Naturligtvis! Musik och poesi i takt med naturen) 

Bellevue String Quartet combines nature-themed quartets of Mozart and Haydn with haiku poems by Birk Andersson and poems collected from audience members. The rich and often humoristic imagery of poetry creates an engaging entryway into the sound world of the classical string quartet.

  
 Program:
 Haydn: String Quartet Op. 76 no. 4 “Sunrise” 
 Haydn: String Quartet Op. 33 no. 3 “The Bird” 
 Mozart: String Quartet no. 17 “The Hunt” 

For Four

 In this kaleidoscopic program we make a journey from Bach's predecessors to composers of today who have been influenced by his music, including a new commission by Malmö-based composer Hanna Blomberg. It's also a journey from solitude to community,  full of lively conversations, colorful dissonances, and moments of both quiet reflection and unbridled joy along the way.

BSQ's first CD with the For Four program will be released October 23, 2026 on OUR Recordings. 
 
 Music of J.S. Bach, Purcell, Locke, Byrd, Schop, Morley, Guido Morini and Hanna Blomberg

Painting by Lars-Eric Blomberg which inspired Hanna Blomberg's composition "For Four"

Nordic Bridges (Nordiska Broar)

Nordic Bridges explores the connection between art music and folk music, as a bridge between two musical worlds. These bridges also extend across the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands) and over different time periods, from the Baroque era to the present day. 

 
 Music of J.H. Roman, J.M. Kraus, Lars Erik Larsson, J.E. Hartmann, Edvard Grieg, Hanna Blomberg, and folk music arranged by Mats Edén, Krishna Nagaraja, The Bellevue String Quartet and The Danish String Quartet. 

Full Fathom Five: Music Inspired by Shakespeare 

 Music from Locke's The Tempest and Purcell's Fairy Queen is woven together with songs and passages from Shakespeare’s plays The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as we explore how Shakespeare uses music to create magic in his plays. 
  
 With Fredrik Bock, Lute 
  
 Program: 
 Mathew Locke: The Instrumental Music from The Tempest (1667) 
 Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen Suite (1692) 
 Song settings of “Full Fathom Five” and “Where the Bee Sucks” by Robert Johnson (1612) 

Felix and Fanny

The works of sibling composers Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were often performed alongside one another in a Sunday concert series (Sonntagskonzerte) at their family home in Berlin. We create a cozy living room concert atmosphere with two quartets by these two magnificent composers. 
  
 Program:
 Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartet in E-flat Major  
 Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet op. 13 in A minor

Don Giovanni Remix 

An opera with no singers? The Bellevue String Quartet has put together our own version of Mozart’s beloved opera, with storytelling and selections from a string quartet arrangement from 1795. In the era before recording, chamber music arrangements were a way for people to experience opera in their own living rooms. 
  
 Program: 
Don Giovanni for String Quartet (selections), arr. Joseph Küffner 

Stages of Desire 

We tend to think of Mozart’s music as abstract, heavenly perfection. The Bellevue String Quartet looks at the earthy side of Mozart, and how he so eloquently expresses what it means to be human. We’ll pull some books off the shelf, including our Danish neighbor Kierkegaard’s Either/Or, which describes the way Mozart paints the different stages of desire through the characters in his operas. 
  
 With Johnny Teyssier, clarinet/Antoine Torunczyk, classical oboe
  
 Program: 
 Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture 
 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro—Voi che sapete (string quartet arrangement) 
 Mozart: Magic Flute—Papageno’s aria (string quartet arrangement) 
  Mozart: Don Giovanni—Champagne aria (string quartet arrangement) 
 Mozart: Dissonance Quartet no. 19, first movement 
 Mozart: Don Giovanni List aria (string quartet arrangement) 
 Mozart: Clarinet Quintet/Mozart: Oboe Quartet