Take a break from the holiday whirlwind with this enchanting program of timeless favorites. Farkas' sparkling folk dance adaptations for wind quintet evokes the village festivities of a bygone era. Beethoven’s E-flat major quartet for piano and strings features a highly virtuosic piano score that Beethoven wrote for himself. The brilliant sounds of holiday brass conclude this festive program.

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Beethoven and Brass

Sarasota Orchestra

For the closing concert, there are Swedish folk songs on the program sung by Holsted Church's talented youth choir together with Ensemble Storstrøm.

The ensemble also presents a fantastic piano quintet with African-American inspiration by Florence Price and Hungarian and Russian takes on folk music in the classical rounding off the theme with folkloric charm.

Closing concert

Holsted Kirke

Studiosound

Bavaria Musik Studios

Four Eastern European composers complement each other with works that are very different in both instrumentation and expression – from Prokofiev's quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass to Janáček's 1st string quartet, nicknamed Kreuzer after Tolstoy's novel, with reference to Beethoven's violin sonata. Where Janácek's programmatic work has a romantic expression, Prokofiev's is more modern; almost circus-like. Originally the latter was composed for a dance performance, but the music is said to have been too complicated for the dancers; fortunately the work has survived. Both of these works were composed in the early twenties – 1923 and 24 respectively.

Prokofiev, Shostakovitch & Janacek

Odense Concert Hall

The Staatskapelle Halle and the Moritzburg Art Museum present a chamber music series in a special format: art and music come together in the jointly organized gallery concerts.

Ferenc Farkas

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 7, 2025

Studiosound · Münchner Symphoniker

Mar 11, 2025

Prokofiev, Shostakovitch & Janacek · Odense Symphony Orchestra

Jun 21, 2025

4th Gallery Concert · Staatskapelle Halle

Past events

Dec 22, 2024

Beethoven and Brass · Sarasota Orchestra

Mar 21, 2024

Closing concert · Danish Chamber Players

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