Hungary for Music - ChamberFest Cleveland

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Liszt’s symphonic poem Orpheus was inspired by an Etruscan vase that depicted the hero as a civilizing symbol of beauty in a brutal world. “I fell in love with his first symphonic poems,” wrote Saint-Saens about Liszt in 1869, “which pointed out to me the path in which I was to find later my Danse Macabre… and other works.” He went on to arrange Orpheus for piano trio. Brahms fell in love with the music of Hungary as a teenaged pianist, and later wrote Gypsy-flavored dances to entertain friends. Dohnanyi’s powerful and symphonic final chamber work is reminiscent of Brahms, with its rich romantic textures. The timpani “plays well with others” – but Péter Eötvös gives the lion of the orchestra a star turn in a bombastic, visceral work that sound-worlds apart from the other works on the program.

FRANZ LISZT/CAMILLE SAINT SAËNS Orpheus S98/R415 for Piano Trio
PÉTER EÖTVÖS Thunder
JOHANNES BRAHMS Hungarian Dances
ERNO DOHNANYI Piano Sextet

Artists:
Jessica Bodner, viola
William Caballero, French horn
Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Alexander Cohen, percussion
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
Nathan Meltzer, violin
Roman Rabinovich, piano

Sponsored with support of the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

Cost: $15 - $40