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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.

“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, Piano
Éva Polgár, Piano
Gábor Varga, Piano

Program:

LISZT Two Csárdás, S. 225
BARTÓK Allegro barbaro, BB 63
BARTÓK Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20
LISZT Csárdás macabre, S. 224
LISZT Sursum corda from Années de pèlerinage III
KODÁLY Valsette
KODÁLY Méditation sur un motif de Claude Debussy
BARTÓK Seven Pieces for Two Pianos from Mikrokosmos
Plus adaptations of selections from Bartók's Mikrokosmos and jazz improvisations on Hungarian folk melodies