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Carpathian Impressions: A Classical and Jazz Piano Evening
László Borbély, Éva Polgár, and Gábor Varga perform work by Franz Liszt and more, including improvisation on Hungarian folk music themes.
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Zipper Concert Hall 200 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012
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“Carpathian Impressions” features a blend of classical and jazz piano music based on the Carpathian Valley’s thousand-year-old musical heritage. The program introduces the diverse, heartbreaking, peaceful, and virtuosic nature of this ancient cultural treasure. On the wings of familiar melodies by Liszt, Bartók, and Kodály plus improvisations inspired by the traditions of Central Europe, Hungarian classical pianists Éva Polgár and László Borbély and jazz pianist Gábor Varga take their audiences on a sensational journey.
PERFORMERS
László Borbély, Éva Polgár, Gábor Varga, Piano
PROGRAM
LISZT Two czardas
BARTÓK Allegro barbaro
BARTÓK Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs
LISZT Csardas macabre
LISZT Sursum corda. Erhebet eure Herzen.
KODÁLY Valsette
KODÁLY Meditation on a motiv of Claude Debussy
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
BARTÓK Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos for two pianos
Jazz piano improvisations on Hungarian folk melodies
Program Finale - classical-jazz adaptation of four movements from the Mikrokosmos.