The concerts are part of the Concertgebouw's World Famous Orchestra series and will showcase the influence of Central Europe under the Habsburg Monarchy on European music.
The first concert, on March 25, will focus on the role of Gypsy music on 19th century classical music. The programme includes works by Liszt, Sarasate and Brahms will feature the violinists József Lendvay Sr. and József Lendvay Jr., as well as the cimbalom player Oszkár Ökrös. They will play Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 and Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 and 15, Sarasate's Gypsy Songs and Brahms' Hungarian Dance and Symphony No. 1 in C minor.
The second concert on March 26 will focus on two outstanding composers of the Monarchy's golden age: Dvoák and Bruckner. The Dutch cellist Peter Wispelwey will perform Dvoák's Concerto for Cello in B minor, after which the orchestra will play Bruckner's monumental Symphony No. 7 in E Major.
The third concert will offer a selection of Central European chamber music. On the programme are works by Rossini and Mozart, as well as Dohnányi's Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 1, composed in the heyday of the Monarchy.
Though the BFO has played many sold-out concerts for Dutch audiences, these concerts will be the first since the orchestra became the first foreign orchestra to receive the Dutch Classical Music Award.
Source: fidelio.hu
