A colourful programme again awaits the audience at the third concert in the Open Rehearsal Room series. A composer who launched an entire school of thought in 20th century music, Iannis Xenakis wrote his duo for oboe and percussion in 1976. An interesting aspect of the work is that it does not even attempt to harmonise the tones of two instruments belonging to two different families. The two serenades for string trio included here are genuine curiosities. The Trio Serenade by Zoltán Kodály... is one of his earliest known works, composed in 1899 when he was a 17-year-old student in Nagyszombat (Trnava). Ernő Dohnányi was somewhat older when, at the age of 25, he wrote his work in the same genre in 1902. His serenade originates in the period when the composer was dividing his time between Vienna and Budapest, and when he was gaining international fame as a pianist.
Composed for a pairing of instruments rarely encountered in his oeuvre, Mozart's Duo in G major was written for the prince-archbishop of Salzburg to complete a series begun by Michael Haydn which the latter was compelled to abandon due to illness. Bach's orchestral Suite in B minor, famous for the final movement subtitled Badinerie ("jesting”), demands a high level of virtuosity not only of the flautist, but also of the string players. This is particularly true when it is performed not by an orchestra, but in the equally common set-up of a smaller ensemble of solo instruments, as is the case here. It is known that this piece, containing a series of dance movements fashionable at the time, was performed by the Collegium Musicum ensemble of students directed by Bach himself at coffee house concerts in Leipzig.
Presented by: Hungarian National Philharmonic
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