Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival: Franz Liszt Kammerorchester

Hungarian music by Brahms? The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra from Budapest is better off with folkloristic works by its "own" composers. Zoltán Kodály uses four Magyar folk songs and a dance melody in his "Hungarian Rondo". Léo Weiner offers five old Hungarian dances from Csárdás to Verbunkos in his Divertimento. However, Béla Bartók also parodies the salon style of Hungarian pseudo-folklore in the final movement of his Divertimento for Strings. Munich-born Karl Amadeus Hartmann also steps out of line. However, he wrote his Chamber Concerto for clarinet, string quartet and strings in 1935 in the spirit of and in reverence for Zoltán Kodály.

Program:

Zoltán Kodály
Hungarian Rondo

Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Chamber concerto for clarinet, string quartet and string orchestra

Béla Bartók
Divertimento for string orchestra

Zoltán Kodály
Kallo Double Dance

Leó Weiner
Divertimento No. 1 "Old Hungarian Dances" op. 20