Variációk 4.

FANTASY. WITTINESS. COLOURS.

At this concert, Samuel Barber’s wonderful ‘Adagio’ will be performed not by a string quartet or string orchestra, but by a cello quartet. And, likewise, the ‘Pilgrims’ Chorus’ from Wagner’s opera ‘Tannhäuser’ will not be sung by a male choir, but by four double basses. At this event, four trumpeters will perform Ron Simpson’s incredibly witty ‘Sonatina’. Similarly, four bass violinists will play York Bowen’s ‘Fantasia’, and four clarinet players will recreate the magic of Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestrally colourful ‘Scheherazade’. At the very end of the evening, the Southern Witch will be evoked by a trombone ensemble in a composition of the same title by János Másik.

Program
Wagner: Tannhäuser – Pilgrims’ Choir
Artists: Csaba Fervágner (bass), Zoltán Bíró (bass), Dávid Csuti (bass), Bence Kristófi (double bass)

Y. Bowen: Fantasie Quartet for Four Violas
Artists: Győző Máté (viola), Levente Fülöp (viola), Katalin Madák (viola), Lilla Bíró-Érsek (viola)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – excerpt
Artists: János Szepesi (clarinet), Hunor Egyed (clarinet), György Reé (clarinet), Mátyás Katrin (clarinet)

Break

Barber: Adagio
Artists: Árpád Amirás (cello), Flóra Matuska (cello), Sejla Simon (cello), Márton Braun (cello)

Y. Bowen: Fantasie Quartet for Four Violas
Artists: Győző Máté (viola), Levente Fülöp (viola), Katalin Madák (viola), Lilla Bíró-Érsek (viola)

János Másik: Southern banya
Artists: Csaba Erdei (trombone), János Angyal (trombone), Miklós Csáthy (trombone), András Sütő (trombone), Róbert Vida (tuba), Zoltán Mihály Varga (percussion), Gábor Kérdő (percussion)

Photo: Mátyás Katrin, György Reé  ©Vörös Attila