Belgian National Orchestra

07 Oct 2022 - 07 Oct 2022

Belgian National Orchestra

Nemanja Radulovic & Khachaturian / Kodály

  • Category 1 - 64
    Category 2 - 50
    Category 3 - 36
    Category 4 - 18

Nemanja Radulovic & Khachaturian / Kodály

Aram Khachaturian is one of the three most important composers of the Soviet period, along with Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. Born in Armenia, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18. His Violin Concerto, composed in close collaboration with the famous violinist (and legendary winner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition) David Oistrach, is imbued with strong influences of Armenian folk music and has a wonderful melodic character.A retired hussar plays the leading role in the opera Háry János by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály. In an inn, he recounts fantastic stories about his time in the service day after day: how Napoleon’s wife, Marie Louise, fell in love with him; how he single-handedly defeated Napoleon’s armies near Milan and how he finally declined the offer to marry Marie Louise because he was homesick for Hungary, his homeland. In 1927, a year after the opera’s premiere, Zoltán Kodály bundled the orchestral highlights of Háry János into a six-part orchestral suite. According to the composer, this popular orchestral piece with lots of folk music influences bypasses political frustrations and instead embodies the poetic power of folklore. It reserves an important role for the cimbalom, the Hungarian version of a hammered dulcimer.“Genuine children of the Puszta and Gypsies. Not begot by me, merely nourished by me on milk and bread,” is how Johannes Brahms described the Hungarian dances in a letter to his publisher. Perhaps Brahms’ best-known work has its origins in a friendship with the Hungarian violinist Eduard Reményi, who introduced him to ‘gypsy-style folk music’ when they toured together. Brahms became so enchanted by this music that, for a while, he liked nothing better, when among friends, than to improvise Hungarian-style dances on the piano. At first he did not want to write the music down in a musical score – because the pleasure was derived from improvising – but eventually Brahms allowed himself to be persuaded and published the Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands. Brahms later orchestrated tracks 1, 3 and 10 himself. The other dances were orchestrated by composers who were friends, including Antonín Dvorák.
Powered By

On the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ VICE & The Belgian Pride

30 May 2024 - 30 May 2024

Stage Prise de parole en public

27 Feb 2025 - 27 Feb 2025

test

24 Jul 2028 - 24 Jul 2028

Ars Musica

22 Nov 2029 - 22 Nov 2029

Atelier de défense verbale

30 Mar 2030 - 30 Mar 2030

Midi d’Arts² avec Axel Everaert

26 Mar 2109 - 26 Mar 2109

Rendez-vous soins et sons avec Olivier de Voghel

26 Mar 2109 - 26 Mar 2109

Sylvia

26 Mar 2109 - 26 Mar 2109

Newsletter

Each week, new content in your mailbox

Newsletter

Découvrez plus de 12 000 adresses et événements

Profitez de toutes les sections de BrusselsLife.be et découvrez plus de 12 000 adresses et un grand choix d'événements, d'informations et de conseils et astuces de notre écriture.

Brusselslife.be
Avenue Louise, 500 -1050 Ixelles, Brussels,
02/538.51.49.
TVA 0472.281.221

Copyright 2024 © Brusselslife.be Tous droits réservés. Le contenu et les images utilisés sur ce site sont protégés par le droit d'auteur. la propriétaires respectifs.

www.brusselsLife.be/[email protected]