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who's who and who's doing what?Pannonian Songs by Andrea Rost
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- Andrea Rost (vocal)
- Anna Nagy (accordion)
- Balázs Dongó Szokolay (composer, wind instruments)
- Balázs Végh (percussion)
- Bence Gazda (violin)
- Ferenc Jávori (composer, piano)
- István Kohán (clarinet)
- Mátyás Bolya (composer, frettles lute)
- Miklós Lukács (cimbalom)
- Peter Glaser (double bass)
- country:Hungary
- style(s):Folk
- label:not signed
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Andrea Rost presents: Pannonian Songs
Hungarian, Gypsy and Jewish folk songs from the
Carpathian-Basin
Music: Ferenc Javori, Balazs Dongo Szokolay, Matyas Bolya
"...the unceasing mutual influence between the folk music of certain ethnicities created an extraordinarily rich world of tunes, in which from the primitive archaics to the classical formations human life, constantly renewed in history, turns into sound..."
Bela Bartok (About the East-European folk music, 1942.)
The musical text for the programme, based on Andrea Rost's conception, was composed by Ferenc Javori, Balazs Szokolay Dongo and Matyas Bolya. This evening Andra Rost is sharing her sentiments about her wider homeland in songs. Having sung the most prominent opera roles, the idea of rephrasing the musical culture of the Pannon region has occured to her but this time not in the language of the opera. Filtered through three different ethnic groups, she draws an internal picture about the musical tradition of Hungary and the Central-European region. To realise all these, she found such composers to collaborate with who are not only knowledgable but also well-known performers of their art. The Balazs Dongo Szokolay Matyas Bolya composer duo's folk music inspired reproductions as well as Ferenc Javori klezmer music, go wandering into innumerable corners of this extraordinarily rich world of tunes, ranging from the archaic Hungarian folk songs through the tunes of the Roma ethnicity as far as that of the klezmer tunes, which moulds many different kinds into one. The encounter of these four musicians is not merely the encounter of different genres, it is rooted much deeper than that: one spirituality moulded into honest chamber music.
Musicians:
Balazs Dongo Szokolay wind instruments
Matyas Bolya frettless lute, zither
Miklos Lukacs cimbalom
Peter Glaser double bass
as well a the members of The Budapest Klezmer Band:
Ferenc Javori piano
Bence Gazda violin
Anna Nagy accordion
Istvan Kohan clarinet, bass clarinet
Balazs Vegh percussion
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